jairzinho
Senior Member
How so? It's not like he's going to down tools. Nothing has really changed except the optics of the situation.
His request can strengthen our hand at the negotiation table and soften FSG's stance. Kloppo has to weigh up the cons of keeping a potentially unhappy player who has made up his mind to leave. It's a question of commitment to club, and if the players has decide to move on, the logical thing is to allow him to. It's similar to the Torres situation when Liverpool was adamant he would stay.