He's just a bitter little dickhead. He was furious when we bought some players from Southampton and relished the chance to ask, 'How's it feel to be a feeder club' when Coutinho signed with Barca. It's the kind of thing you'd expect of a 12 year old rather than an ex-pro. We wanted certain players, Southampton had the right to say yes or no, they said yes and we paid them loads of cash. End of.
I find it laughable these days that he styles himself as some kind of utra-loyal club ambassador because he stayed there as a player. The only reason he stayed there was because he was a lazy fat-arsed show pony who knew he'd have to actually work hard at a big club. That's why people like Venables and Hoddle disliked him. At Southampton he could do a couple of tricks, score a pen and then doze through three or four games.
