poor mixed up crazy kid

I almost feel sorry for him, he's only 24, a kid in a f***ed up world of agents, double speak, back stabbing, back tracking and all with very very high stakes.

Parry-

"Even when he said he was going, I don't think the language he used suggested he really wanted to go. I guess after Istanbul I thought I knew where we were going but he clearly thought, for whatever reason, that the club wasn't as enthusiastic about keeping him as we might have been. He was anxious."

"It was obviously praying on Steven's mind. There were one or two issues about the contract which he took to be the club dragging its feet. "We've had some emotional moments together over the last 24 hours and we've cleared all of that up....I don't think it will happen again.

"It was two late-night phone calls and a few phone calls this morning. I think he just wants a couple of days to go away and clear his head now because it hasn't been easy for him."

maybe there's more to this saga and the facts will unfold in time. Maybe the predicted and perhaps preferred bid from Madrid was never going to be forthcoming.

Maybe it WAS all a misunderstanding, like when you have a row with your tart and reach the point when you don't know how the argument got started and why you're even rowing anyway. Kiss and make up. Then have a f***ing big long shag.

-- "Luis Garcia laughed off suggestions that a Spanish referee would help the Reds in the CL final."