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- Dec 6, 2004
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Savage blasted for rejecting Albion deal
By Andy Naylor
Albion chairman Dick Knight has blasted Bas Savage for being too greedy.
Savage has rejected the Seagulls' offer of an 18-month contract.
His current deal expires next Monday and the former Gillingham striker now seems certain to move to another club after throwing his shirt into the Albion fans following yesterday's 3-0 defeat at Millwall.
Savage, parading a new blue and red striped haircut, was in tears in the dressing room afterwards but Knight is in no mood to sympathise.
"He has been made an extremely generous offer, so much so that I increased it slightly recently," Knight said. "I gather even his agent has told him he should sign it.
"I only found out today that Dean (manager Dean Wilkins) was told by Bas Savage on Christmas Eve that he was not going to sign his contract.
"Frankly, if that is the case I don't know why Dean picked him because I don't want players in the team who don't want to play for our club.
"We are not going to pay the sort of wage demands that he makes. That will not happen all the time I am chairman. The club doesn't have the budget to do it.
"Our offer more than befits his position in the squad. It puts him above several other senior players.
"What was he doing with a red and blue stripe down the top of his head? If he was wearing the colours of another club with his haircut I think that is extremely sad and disrespectful.
"I don't know, maybe it wasn't, but I found it strange. Something is going on and if it is what I suspect and Bas Savage is going to another club and his agent hasn't had the courtesy to tell me that there is no way he will be playing on Saturday against Yeovil if he doesn't want to sign a contract for our club.
"He seems to think he is worth a whole lot more. If he doesn't want to sign the contract, and he still has a couple of days to do it, then we will move on.
"I have been negotiating with him and his agent since October. He hasn't been treated badly by us, he has been treated extremely generously and this is the only club he has made genuine progress with.
"Why is he deciding to leave? It is only his decision and it defeats me, I cannot believe it.
"He obviously loves the fans, up to a point, but he is walking away from a very generous contract."
Wilkins said: "It looks like he has refused our offer, so he will be moving on. It's going to be a blow but we have to make sure who ever comes in to replace him does as well, if not better.
"It's disappointing but he has been made a good offer and I believe his agent feels he should still be our player. We have definitely improved him but that's life."
http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/arg....savage_blasted_for_rejecting_albion_deal.php
Apparently even his agent has told him to sign? It's all very strange. I did notice the hair and wonder if that meant anything too. But then if he was in tears... why would he go?
By Andy Naylor
Albion chairman Dick Knight has blasted Bas Savage for being too greedy.
Savage has rejected the Seagulls' offer of an 18-month contract.
His current deal expires next Monday and the former Gillingham striker now seems certain to move to another club after throwing his shirt into the Albion fans following yesterday's 3-0 defeat at Millwall.
Savage, parading a new blue and red striped haircut, was in tears in the dressing room afterwards but Knight is in no mood to sympathise.
"He has been made an extremely generous offer, so much so that I increased it slightly recently," Knight said. "I gather even his agent has told him he should sign it.
"I only found out today that Dean (manager Dean Wilkins) was told by Bas Savage on Christmas Eve that he was not going to sign his contract.
"Frankly, if that is the case I don't know why Dean picked him because I don't want players in the team who don't want to play for our club.
"We are not going to pay the sort of wage demands that he makes. That will not happen all the time I am chairman. The club doesn't have the budget to do it.
"Our offer more than befits his position in the squad. It puts him above several other senior players.
"What was he doing with a red and blue stripe down the top of his head? If he was wearing the colours of another club with his haircut I think that is extremely sad and disrespectful.
"I don't know, maybe it wasn't, but I found it strange. Something is going on and if it is what I suspect and Bas Savage is going to another club and his agent hasn't had the courtesy to tell me that there is no way he will be playing on Saturday against Yeovil if he doesn't want to sign a contract for our club.
"He seems to think he is worth a whole lot more. If he doesn't want to sign the contract, and he still has a couple of days to do it, then we will move on.
"I have been negotiating with him and his agent since October. He hasn't been treated badly by us, he has been treated extremely generously and this is the only club he has made genuine progress with.
"Why is he deciding to leave? It is only his decision and it defeats me, I cannot believe it.
"He obviously loves the fans, up to a point, but he is walking away from a very generous contract."
Wilkins said: "It looks like he has refused our offer, so he will be moving on. It's going to be a blow but we have to make sure who ever comes in to replace him does as well, if not better.
"It's disappointing but he has been made a good offer and I believe his agent feels he should still be our player. We have definitely improved him but that's life."
http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/arg....savage_blasted_for_rejecting_albion_deal.php
Apparently even his agent has told him to sign? It's all very strange. I did notice the hair and wonder if that meant anything too. But then if he was in tears... why would he go?
