Ferrie Bodde ber om ursäkt och förlänger med Swansea!
Derby var länge ute efter Swanseas Ferrie Bodde och enligt media ska Bodde ha sagt "let me go", haft ekonomiska problem, en sur flickvän och annat. Vad som är sant i såpan är svårt att säga. Bodde följde inte med Swansea till Sverige utan åkte istället hem till Holland och familjen. Man kan gissa att han diskuterat den svåra situationen.
Derby sägs ha lagt ett bud på £1.5M (Bodde kostade Swansea £70-80K förra sommaren!), något Swansea tackat nej till. Bland många, som undertecknad, var han ett avskrivet kapitel efter allt snack av och kring spelaren.
Och så förlänger Bodde med Swansea idag! Efter att Robinson och Anderson lämnat är det skönt med en sådan nyhet, även om Robinson ersatts av kanske en ännu bättre och mer lojal spelare i Mark Gower.
Det är oklart hur långt kontraktet är: det förra gick ut 2010, så minst tre år. Vi återkommer!
Bodde ber Swanseas fans om ursäkt:
"It's been a long nine weeks and my head has been all over the place. Yes, I've made mistakes along the way and I'd like to apologise to the Swans fans for all the uncertainty. I had my head turned by outside parties offering me the world and telling me that Derby was a bigger club because of their Premiership status last season. I was mixed up and thought Derby was a step forward. "
"But having spent a long time thinking about it and meeting up with the squad again, I realise that 'bigger' isn't always 'better'. I love the club and I realise now that Swansea can be as big as it wants to be. The foundation is in place and there's a bright future ahead. Deep down I never wanted to leave Swansea because it's the club that gave me my chance in British football and the fans welcomed me and my family with open arms; but like I said, I had my head turned for a few weeks. Some of my quotes in the media were also taken out of context. They would be picked up in the Dutch media and by the time they were translated into English over here I was being misinterpreted. I'm not a fake and I am loyal. I wouldn't have stayed at ADO Den Haag for 14 years otherwise, would I?'"
"My children haven't settled here. They are young and they've missed their friends, family and their country. Any parent will tell you how difficult it is when your children are not happy. Your children come first at the end of the day.''
"The fans have been brilliant to me over the last 12 months and I want to repay them. I haven't been myself over the last nine weeks and I just want the chance to win them back."
"I will be concentrating on my football from now on and doing all my talking on the pitch.''
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Som Swanseas Darren Pratley sade i en intervju häromdagen: sånt här händer varje sommar i både stora och små klubbar.
Bara att glömma, förlåta och fortsätta njuta av "Spindeln i nätet" & "Hollands Roy Keane".
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källa (citat): SwansOnline
