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Dijk Ditched.
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Mo Gosfield
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- Aug 11, 2010
- 6,364
Virgil Van Dijk and Henk Maarten Chin.......you couldn't make it up!
The argus doesn't seem to have anything from the club in that article. They are assuming because the agent claims they have heard nothing that the club have lost interest. That doesn't mean we have, we might just be waiting for something.
As for "gus's successor" part of me wants him to come back simply to see how much abuse naylor gets for having written as if gus is gone, when it seems no one knows anything, and those who claim they do (even with what they believe to be inscrutable sources) seem to contradict each other. Of course, he might no more than he is letting on, but given his lack of club quotes in articles like this van dijk one, I suspect he is no more in the know than people on here, which we all know is questionable either way due to all the confident contradictions.
Of course, it could all be a tactic, write with such certainty hoping to force the club to comment.
Having said that, I am concerned that without a working manager in place, transfers etc are being handled by someone focusing on business rather than football.
As for "gus's successor" part of me wants him to come back simply to see how much abuse naylor gets for having written as if gus is gone, when it seems no one knows anything, and those who claim they do (even with what they believe to be inscrutable sources) seem to contradict each other. Of course, he might no more than he is letting on, but given his lack of club quotes in articles like this van dijk one, I suspect he is no more in the know than people on here, which we all know is questionable either way due to all the confident contradictions.
Of course, it could all be a tactic, write with such certainty hoping to force the club to comment.
Having said that, I am concerned that without a working manager in place, transfers etc are being handled by someone focusing on business rather than football.
Tom Bombadil
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There's a headline in there somewhere with Dijk and licked but i can't quite make it work.
shaolinpunk
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Realistically, if he has decent interest/offers from Premier League clubs and clubs in top flights in other countries too, he won't be coming here regardless of whether we are still trying to get him or not
Hungry Joe
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At least his agent doesn't appear to be Dijking us around.
Silent Bob
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- Dec 6, 2004
- 22,172
Exactly, we couldn't afford the fee in January. Groningen stayed up as well, like Wayne Bridge it wasn't going to happen once we didn't go up.
Philzo-93
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He does shit like this, he gets paid.
We do shit like this and NSC get a legal team contacting poor old @Bozza et al!
Diego Napier
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- Mar 27, 2010
- 4,416
The press can and do make things up and sometimes they get sued and have to cough up hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Maybe he's switched to playing tennis at Eastbourne..
Amsterdam Albion
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- Mar 11, 2008
- 691
I was speaking to this Dutch fan and he really didn't rate him, he said good going forward but poor at defending. It may have been the other way round as I was on the Duvell at the time!
The Birdman
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Shame as he looked good at going forward and scoring don't know how good he was at defending !
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 31,278
Sounds like Van Dijk's agent has his fingers in a few pies.
The Birdman
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His style of play reminds me of Lawrenson but stronger and better in the air.
HastingsSeagull
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Rohan Ince has been impressing hasn't he? And might Dunk step up once / since court case over....... not been up to date with news on that.
IF we got Upson and AEA resigned we wouldn't need another CB but those are BIG if's
IF we got Upson and AEA resigned we wouldn't need another CB but those are BIG if's
Second trial finished. A majority verdict, not guilty on all counts. There's a big thread about it on here somewhere...
Change at Barnham
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Daffy Duck
Stop bloody moaning!
Interesting last sentence there.
Do they know something we don't or are they just badly informed?
Do they know something we don't or are they just badly informed?
Grombleton
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- Dec 31, 2011
- 7,356
Annoying if it's the case, i'd just signed him on Fifa 
Ulloa's Soul Patch
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Celtic have made a bid for him:
Groningen have confirmed that they have received an offer for Holland Under-21 international defender Virgil Van Dijk with reports in Holland claiming Celtic are the club who have made a bid for Van Dijk.
Groningen have confirmed that they have received an offer for Holland Under-21 international defender Virgil Van Dijk with reports in Holland claiming Celtic are the club who have made a bid for Van Dijk.