Yeah I just saw the Athletic story. Was always likely but even more of a gut punch than Russo.
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It seems her move to Arsenal is done.
Nothing wrong with her moving for money.
If she gets a good bit of that proposed transfer fee as a signing on bonus then fair play to her.
they better move heaven and earth to keep earps, if she fecks off aswell I’ll cry.Yeah - I’m not exactly dancing with the prospect of Qatar but I do think they will invest more in the women’s team than INEOS would and I hope that is indeed the case if they win the bid.
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Hopefully Daly, but you just know we'll take two months to prepare a bid, by which time she'll just extend her contract or sign for someone else.
I compare this to Stanway at City. Then as well the club were at fault, but the player turned down multiple WSL clubs and instead went abroad.
Never said there was.
That’s a brilliant shout actually, she’s actually a better player/goal scorer than Russo in my opinions, just much older in footballing terms.
Ah yes you're right! Ok at least that makes more sense now.
Why would her relationship with Millie stop her joining? You're right though about the contract, Villa are under no pressure to sell unless she forces her way out.
You don't wait until the last month to offer someone what it will take to keep them and actually expect them to stay. I used to contract and when a company did that I did not stay having another offer even though I liked the place, you've had to go to the effort of looking elsewhere, the stress of the situation, you've at some point when time was running out given your word to the other company. When if they actually wanted you they could have sorted it out before. It's a sign of a shitty company who don't value you. You can make all the arguments about why you don't think she was worth it, but the market said differently based on the fact she had another offer for that.
This is my personal opinion and may be coloured by Dalys history and not wanting relationship drama. But we don’t have any (known) internal relationships, Rach has a girl at every club and she’s Millie’s ex.
You compare a regular job at some company to a newly founded football club that is trying to build a sustainable way of operating the womens team? The stress about the situation? Russo was speaking to 10 clubs and offering her services to the highest bidder via her brother who acted as her agent. How is that stressful? You did not counter what I wrote in my post, you just ignored it and are writing it off like United should have just handed her the best contract in the league before the clubs structure was in place for that. Not even sure if she would be worth paying that much for her football contributions alone either tbh. Its not a sign of a total shitty club, we operate or club differently than the russian oil club and the state funded teams.
Ah, didn't know about the personal situation. That probably rules her out.
Ah I knew of their relationship, but didn't realise it was over. They seemed friendly enough after the Villa games though so I'm sure it wouldn't be an issue if we could tempt her away.
For me it’s not even staying. I understand leaving but I don’t accept the PR rubbish when you had other options and chose to stay in the league at a rival. Stanway is how you do it.
Yes, it she had some loyalty left for Man United she would not signed with our biggest rivals, thats for sure. Thats also pretty telling. Russo is not a victim that needs to be consoled. We need to say good riddance, get Kerolin in as a replacement and get our shit together moving forward! If this was no the signal to upper brass we need to move into next gear with the womens team, when we will never get it.
I thought she signed for 3? But could be wrong totally.
