When it's put into brackets like that, it means he didn't actually say it. The journo presumes what he is saying.
This is the full quote "I have not spoken to the club, but I assume for 100 per cent I will."
Could mean anything.
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When it's put into brackets like that, it means he didn't actually say it. The journo presumes what he is saying.
This is the full quote "I have not spoken to the club, but I assume for 100 per cent I will."
Could mean anything.
What could it mean then? He obviously wasn't asked "Are you leaving in the summer".
"Will you start against Woolwich?" Why would he have said "I haven't spoken to the club"
It only seems logical that he was asked about whether he was staying.
You're seeing things that are not there. All he is saying is that he will talk to the club. Isn't really much is it..
He didn't say that though, only "I haven't spoken to the club yet".
It's only a bit interesting, better than him saying "We'll see what happens in the summer". I wasn't just going to presume he's staying because of that lone quote.
The full quote is actually -
"The season is still ten games and I'm suspended for the second leg of the Europa League. I focus now at the very end of the season. Whether I play at Tottenham next year? I have not spoken with the club, but I'm one hundred percent of it."
So it wasn't presumed by the journalist, it was just added as necessary since the quote is out of context.
Taken from this page and translated http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/dmf20140314_01025850
If he's committing that's great news as he either cares somewhat about the club, or knows something about the future we don't yet..
(is it weird/telling he doesn't say he's waiting to speak to manager; but the club?)
Probably not, But from the rest of the interview I'm not sure he's convinced by Sherwood... At all. Still though, he's a must at the back with Dawson and Chiriches out and if Sherwood neglects to play him he (Sherwood) is gone. Maybe he knows something, maybe he doesn't. Too much bloody politics in football these days.
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GREAT to hear! Hell of a player.
His quote is disjointed, ambiguous, disloyal call it what you like. Vertonghen thinks he's a better player than he actually is. I'm not saying he's average but stick him in a CL squad and he would be just that, a squad player. I effin hate players who get the hump cos they are not in a team that wins every week. If he doesn't want to wear the badge then he can fuck off IMO
I'm sorry what? I have absolutely no idea how you took that from what I posted...
He could be saying i havent spoken to the club but i will, which is what he said.
"I do not want to look at the table anymore because the gap [to the top four] is very big," said Vertonghen.
"All four sides at the top are stronger than they were last year and we have stayed at the same level. If you see last season, then we did not improve.
"[However], I think we do have the players to achieve Champions League [qualification] and I hope we can achieve it next year."
"All four sides at the top are stronger than they were last year and we have stayed at the same level. If you see last season, then we did not improve.
"[However], I think we do have the players to achieve Champions League [qualification] and I hope we can achieve it next year."
to be fair... the evidence would suggest otherwise...
Mismanagement - you can't give a Ferrari to buffoons and expect F1-like performance
That doesn't change anything. Still doing worse this year.