Now Mackem boss Roy Keane has launched a scathing attack on today's "hen-pecked Premier League stars who want to move to London and living in shopping areas".
Let me stress he never mentioned Solano or Dyer by name, but it doesn't take a big pair of binoculars and a magnifying glass to read between the lines.
Sunderland manager Keane says he has no time for players who allow their career paths to be plotted by their so-called WAGs, and who are more likely to be directed by the quality of the local boutiques than by the football club.
Keane: "It's important you bring the right players to the club.
"But I have to say I think players are more motivated by lots of different things like money and London and living in shopping areas.
"Really you're a footballer and when you're retired you can live anywhere you want. But players are very much focused on where they are going to live and a lot of that is down to their partners who seem to be running their lives anyway.
"It concerns me really. It should all be about the football and be a footballing decision."
And I tend to agree with him.
Solano only has nine months left on his contract, and it is not as though he is going to live with his wife because the partnership has ended. As for Dyer, we all know why HE wants to be away ... regardless what emotional excuse he comes up with.