Di Canio about Danny Wilson in his 2000 Autobiography

[BANGKOK RED]

Its quite simple really.

When a club, in this case Burnley come in with a bid - we turn around and get this, say no.

Do you genuinely believe it's that black and white?

[Bob's Orange]

Its quite simple really.

When a club, in this case Burnley come in with a bid - we turn around and get this, say no.

Then the player gets pissed off, potentially disrupts the dressing room (not that it was ever seemingly 'collective' anyway) hands in a transfer request and we sell him anyway to keep harmony.

How do you know what was going on at the club? I would have loved to have kept Austin, but perhaps it just wasn't viable?

[Arriba]

Austin wanted out due to the huge wages and singing on fee he got. Nobody in that situation would have stayed here.

[BANGKOK RED]

But according to DV, and others, we were supposed to simply refuse any transfer and force the player to stay against his own will.

[Arriba]

There was fuck all the board could do really. Holding on to a player who wants out and with a decent offer on the table wouldn't happen.

[mrverve]

Do you think Austin would have made a fuss about wanting to leave if we were challenging for promotion? He eventually would have gone but my point is, if we defended better in the earlier games of the season (with the amount of goals we were scoring) we wouldn't have been 16th or 17th when Austin decided to leave.

We sold players at the wrong time.

[DiV]

But according to DV, and others, we were supposed to simply refuse any transfer and force the player to stay against his own will.

Which the club would have been within their rights to do.

[tans]

I wonder if austin has managed to spend the six figure signing on fee he got yet?

[mrverve]

I heard he flushed it all down the toilet..... (when the police knocked on his door)

I'll get my coat.