17 Dec 2025 22:51:51
What do you make of the timing of this Bruno interview Ed?
{Ed001's Note - just seemed like a warning to the club not to try and sell in Jan. He doesn't want to go. A bit like Salah really, where they are both very happy and settled and upset at the club trying to push them out of the door to Arabia.}
18 Dec 2025 19:26:52
Is that it ed001, they are trying to get Bruno out the door? Amorim too?
{Ed001's Note - they were trying to get him out of the door, yes. They wanted to take the money in the summer.}
19 Dec 2025 00:01:05
But they were not offered any money for him. No bid was lodged because he didn't want to go. No bid was accepted because it wasn't made. If a bid was made the they would have had to make a decision but they never had that choice to make.
I tend to agree they would have accepted the bid but he chose to rebuff their advances.
{Ed001's Note - semantics. They had agreed a deal in principle. So they did accept.}
19 Dec 2025 07:14:21
Its not semantics you can't accept an offer that's not made.
Why did they not formalise any offer? Because the player refused their advance.
They would have accepted but they never got the chance because the offer was not put in.
That's not semantics.
If they wanted to 100% push him out they would have encouraged a formal bid and accepted it but it was left to the player to decide his future. Once he said no their advances no attempt to force him out as they had no offer.