Not a smokescreen

just general football manager speak. No deal had been agreed - he's hardly going to say "yeah, he's probably going to QPR" at a point when any number of things could break down.

He may want to keep him, but he also probably wants to sign ?10m Prem players too, but it's not going to happen. There was never much chance a current Dutch international who scored in the World Cup was going to play Championship football.

Posted By: duke of york, Aug 19, 10:36:34