Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:01 am

RAPIDO wrote:

Given the narrative on here are we assuming that the player is completely at fault here?

The answer is we don't know as not privy to the circumstances however if we take
RS at his word then despite his own personal relationship with the player he had minimal communication and didn't know what was going on. Macdonald could have communicated to the club that due to personal circumstances he wished to remain in Australia and if this was deemed acceptable despite the issues it caused Leeds I have no reason to see why they would not have supported this and released a statement requesting that we support Nene and asked fans to respect his privacy. It looks from the outside that his family have decided that they are not coming back so he was placed in the situation where he had no choice but to remain in Aus.
I would not live the other side of the world away from my family either. Arguably he could have come back played the last 3 games and requested a release from his contract and left on good terms but has potentially gone down a different path. We will never know but regardless it's time to move on now. My original point was that in the majority of jobs if you go AWOL from work and don't contact your employer or provide an adequate reason for your absence then you don't get paid. Only the individual and the club know the actual situation and that is the way it should be until a solution giving closure is in place.