Unbelievable

According to Bassong Keegan was approached by Bassong's agent, whom he knew. Considering the fact Bassong came on a trial first and in most (normal) clubs the managers have a say in incoming and outgoing transfers I would say it's not that unlikely. Looking at it from the other side; if Bassong wanted to move to the Premiership his agent would have started by contacting people he knew over here, and if indeed Keegan was one of them why would it not be possible that Keegan knew about Bassong before Wise did?

It's not confusing at all. I'd believe a quote from Keegan himself, who said he'd have to speak to Wise about whether a deal could be done, rather than a player who would have probably not been involved until his agent had agreed things, etc. Heh, where's the relevance in that? We're talking about who found and decided to bring in Bassong here, not who did the final negotiations and handed him over the pen to sign the contract with.

Who "signed" Bassong is relevant in so far as we are asked by the people in charge to put trust into a system that they claim will reap rewards. They base this on the evidence of one player we have supposedly unearthed through this system and who, it has to be said, is turning out to be a very good deal for the club indeed. The player is now on record with a different version of what happened. Even those who want to believe this system will allow us to compete on the cheap must admit it is a strange and confusing turn of events.

Similarly, Bassong would have referred to people from the club watching him as a France U21 performer, rather than specifically mentioning Keegan as the one approached by his agent because of their previous dealings together.. Why would it bug you if Bassong wasn´t a Wise find by the way?

But Keegan emerged after the game to tell me: I thought Sebastien did very well, and he now goes back to Metz. Weve got a chance to sign him, and Ill talk with Dennis, and just see where we go from here. Thats the first time Ive seen him in a match. Hes a nice lad. We had him all week. Hes in the French Under-21s so hes no mug he can play. Hahaha. So are you saying Bassong is lying now, or could Keegan have been referring to seeing Bassong play in the flesh/in a black and white shirt for the first time?

We don't know for a fact that Llambais is lying though, Bassong was clearly one of those players who fit the profile of the type of player the club were looking to sign. Like Guthrie this was one of those signings that both Wise and Keegan were on the same page on, that was how the system was supposed to work ideally. We don't? Keep twisting and turning..

No surprise to see the usual suspects twisting and turning to make it look exactly like it is: within days of Llambias coming out with a bold statement regarding the subject he supposedly can't talk about for legal reasons he is shown up as downright lying about it. I don't know what frustrates me more at this point: the incompetence of those in charge or the unconditional faith shown to them by some people on here.

I agree in the main, but if the situation arises where we have to chose between a legal and PR disaster or a relegation disaster I would expect those in charge to make the right decision and do everything within their power to avoid complete disaster that would follow from relegation. Legally I don't think thanking JFK for his troubles and moving on would be much of an issue. A contract isn't legally valid until agreed by both parties and an offered contract can be withdrawn without severe legal ramifications I would have thought. If it comes down to PR, they need to make their minds up about what would constitute a worse scenario: thanking an inept heart patient for trying and moving on or hanging onto him and risk causing severe, possibly irrepairable damage to said heart patient and the club itself.

A lot better than what?

No worries... Llambias has assured us we will be challenging for EVERYTHING by then..

This. 0-3 Maybe if we score an own goal from the kick off (if we win the toss) they will have mercy on our soules..?

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Not to worry, Ameobi will still be here under the inspired guidance of JFK..

Good to see Man U are resting some of their best players in the League Cup final..

How about the management team in charge of the football club?

Why ffs.. We don't owe JFK anything.. im not saying its what i want. But ashley and co seem to want to keep JFK on at all costs They should be shot, the lot of them..

Fucking sick of this..

You wish..

Why ffs.. We don't owe JFK anything..

We will be in the bottom 3 at the end of March..

Lucky man..

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I hate watching Ameobi pretend to be a footballer..

Decent effort Geremi

One former Feyenoord player replacing another..