Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
That's all just common politeness to save his blushes. His rather petulant reaction tells you that he was clearly told the only chance he had of a game is if all the midfielders at the club who are better than him (i.e. all of them) were injured or dead.
If you want to believe that we would happily pay him around £4-5m a year with no chance of playing then carry on