@GordonFielden From a Spurs fan: this should have been a straight red. Incredibly reckless and dangerous, and defending it as anything else is just being blinded by stupid football tribalism. Also Pickford's reaction after catching him is ridiculous.
This isn’t a case of a player who deeply loves the club being swayed by a ‘passionate owner with vision’, it’s a giant baby strong-arming anyone rejecting him.
Only narrative that makes any sense is Marinakis threatening legal action against MGW for leaking his clause.
Why would MGW:
1. Avoid signing new deal
2. Leak his release clause
3. Another club triggers it
3. He then goes quiet for 2 weeks
4. Then sheepishly extends by 1 year
Also bonkers to claim this was the play all along for MGW’s agent just to get a better deal at Forest 😂
Why would a player go though all that to just extend by one year, when the club has been trying to offer him a new contract for 18 months?
@bentrae23 @nde101 Yeah it really feels like it’s being left to him to kick up a stink and force anything atm. Forest wanting either us or MGW to be the villain here.
The longer MGW drags, the more it seems like there’s no basis from Forest.
Without complaints lodged, the illegal approach angle seems to be falsely morally justifying their stance, hoping we can’t be bothered and disappear.
Leaving the ball in our court to take things legal.
@Daniel_Shack Yeah for sure. It all feels overdramatic for a football transfer. And like you say, definitely caught off guard here, and probably didn’t expect this response at all 😂
@Daniel_Shack Good point. The reporting has definitely been very kind to them on the matter (without a shred of actual evidence that we’ve done something wrong)