[Slick_Footwork]

What's the issue with MP?
For us -
He came to us with a view to help us gain promotion. Which he did.
He did more then any other player to keep us in the PL.
For himself
Gain experience and put himself in the shop window attracting bigger and better contracts.

I don't know what some people expect - so he's chasing financial security? Is that so wrong.

Let's thank him for his contribution and take the millions in transfer profits and move on.

I've got no problem with him wanting to move on, earn more cash etc. That's fine.

But I think the nature of his public statement was a p*ss take...

What's so "disrespectful" about the manager saying he isn't committed to the club? Pereira has made it clear he wants to leave, so the manager is spot on saying he's not committed here. Pereira is a slice of bread short of a sandwich if he thinks that is committed to the club.

As for the offer that would give him "financial freedom", I think that's a joke, frankly.

If any player doesn't have "financial freedom" playing at this level then they are doing something wrong in their personal life. What's he on here? £40k per week? That's over £2m per year and £20m across a 10 year career. If that's not giving you "financial freedom" I don't know what is.

If he wants to earn more, that's fine. But don't word a statement aimed at working class fans like you're on some sort of pauper wage here.

Finally, a true professional should stay quiet, because if nobody puts up the right fee for him he should be willing to knuckle down and play. Obviously the club want to sell him and move on, but to do that an adequate bid has to come in. As far as I'm aware the bid from the Middle East wasn't much profit at all and less than we paid for Grady and Grant.

And finally the statement has probably put potential suitors off him too, because who wants a player who puts out public statements? He's clearly trying to make his position untenable which is doing the opposite of ensuring we are "adequately rewarded" as per his statement.