Sam Allardyce: "I have not spoken to Oba himself, only his representatives, who assure me there is nothing in it.Why The Distance Between Allardyce And Martins?
Sam Allardyce: "I have not spoken to Oba himself, only his representatives, who assure me there is nothing in it."But while the window is open and when somebody has a get-out clause like he does, there is always a chance you might lose him.
"You hope that is not going to be the case, but you have to just keep your fingers crossed and hope it does not happen."
Now this puzzles me. Why would a manager have to deal with an agent; why not get the player into the office and thrash it out? Or is that not the 'done thing' at Newcastle? It works for Sir Alex Ferguson!
The same as the excuses Michael Owen came out with for refusing to confirm he was staying on Tyneside. "I was away on international duty with England, then I had two weddings to go to, otherwise I would have confirmed I was staying".
Allardyce TWICE went to see him in the England camp, when they had fixtures at Turf Moor and at Wembley, and TWICE our little 'Number 10' needed time to "think it over".
Come on Sam ... show them who is boss! You're in the big time now, not Trotting around in your dinky little Reebok stadium now!