Enrique likely to move on in the summer
Posted on February 17th, 2011 | 105 Comments |
Gossip and speculation can sometimes whip people up into a storm without anything of substance to back it up. Reading between the lines can often be a dangerous game too as, whilst the facts might be objective, what an individual reads into them is always subjective.
However, sometimes statements come out from players that leave little room for doubt as to their intentions, even if they do still require a subjective interpretation.
One such statement is from Jose Enrique as follows:
“It is flattering that Liverpool are interested.
“I’ve also heard that Manchester United and Aston Villa have asked about me.
“They are both big teams and I’m not closing the door on anyone. I’m ambitious and want to play in the Champions League.
“I want to win things. I’m OK at Newcastle but I aspire to more.“
To me that says Jose will be on his way this summer. You can accuse me of being a pessimist and a doom-monger all you like but I’m afraid I will stand by my interpretation of that statement as a strong indicator that Jose is preparing to move on.
I guess many people will have been expecting it anyway and losing a player or two is not the end of the world, just so long as it doesn’t turn into an exodus of every good or experienced player in the squad.
At the risk of jumping the gun and already considering him gone, what will this mean for us?
I think it means quite a lot actually. A hell of a lot of our forward progress on the pitch comes courtesy of the Jonas-Jose partnership up the left and good left backs seem to be notoriously difficult to find, so I think the hunt for a good left back will be one of our priorities this summer.
I have no idea who else we will lose – if anyone – but I’ll stick my neck out and say Jose is on his way and the club needs to deal with it. No doubt I’ll cop some flack if it turns out not to be true!
Speaking of necks and sticking them out, if you do stick your neck out then make sure it’s not to put your head in a crocodile’s mouth. But you do accidentally do such a thing then poke its eyes out as described by this helpful article from the BBC.
I mention this to prove that not only is NUFCBlog.org a fount of football knowledge but it is also a source of more general wisdom, possibly to the point of saving your life.
If True his Attitude is getting worse by the day.
I read on Sky sports Guillem balague saying that we were interested in JOSE Angel of Sporting Gijon and who he thinks will be a better left back than Enrique.
Personally i hope we keep him but if not as that old cliche goes. “everybody has got a price”