davek
Player Valuation: £150m
That's never been noticeable to me.Im not saying it isnt petty or childish, like why grown men tweet 'sign for us' at random players as if they are going to listen. However football fans are a strange breed and he's an intelligent guy who knows exactly what he's doing.
The fact that he never wanted to come here, always talked about leaving while he was here meant people couldnt really take to him and now he appears to be purposly trying to turn the fans against him.
This analysis (he didn't want to be here, he's never been a favourite, we get goals from him that dont win games) is all just part of the mental gymnastics that occur prior to us losing a big player...it's a defence mechanism.
Here's the facts as see them:
he gave us 4 seasons in which he served with distinction
he gave us no problem whatsoever, always gave his all and didn't hide in the treatment room
he scored bucket loads of goals
he has ambitions to fulfil and he'll never do that with this club in the foreseeable
I'll just thank him for his services and the huge transfer fee he'll provide for us and wish him the best of luck in his new venture, wherever that might be.