28-01-2017, 14:41
I doubt I will ever forgive him. I think there will come a time when he will be more ashamed of his behaviour at WBA.
Joining us as an 11 year old he has grown as a player to the point where he was on the fringe of England. He has not however, outgrown the club who itself have grown from a struggling side switching season-on-season from championship the PL to a very respectable PL side.
I believe he was "got at" when on loan at Brentford. From then on I think he saw a big future for one of the London clubs. I think Spurs deliberately unsettled him and, at the same time made a derisory offer to us. I don't blame Peace for rejecting this offer with a ridiculous downpayment of £3m. The effect was to derail Berahino and make WBA look bad in his eyes.
His heart was never with us after that. Shame on him. The club who made him. It does not augur well if we cannot convert players like him, Brown and Dhanda to become big players for us.
Now he's ended up at Stoke. There is an irony in his ending up here, a club actually below us, rather than the bright lights of London. He has a 5 and a half year contract. I think he will become a player for them, in which case he could be very highly valued in 12 months. I have little doubt he will do the same to Stoke to agitate for a move if this happens.
Joining us as an 11 year old he has grown as a player to the point where he was on the fringe of England. He has not however, outgrown the club who itself have grown from a struggling side switching season-on-season from championship the PL to a very respectable PL side.
I believe he was "got at" when on loan at Brentford. From then on I think he saw a big future for one of the London clubs. I think Spurs deliberately unsettled him and, at the same time made a derisory offer to us. I don't blame Peace for rejecting this offer with a ridiculous downpayment of £3m. The effect was to derail Berahino and make WBA look bad in his eyes.
His heart was never with us after that. Shame on him. The club who made him. It does not augur well if we cannot convert players like him, Brown and Dhanda to become big players for us.
Now he's ended up at Stoke. There is an irony in his ending up here, a club actually below us, rather than the bright lights of London. He has a 5 and a half year contract. I think he will become a player for them, in which case he could be very highly valued in 12 months. I have little doubt he will do the same to Stoke to agitate for a move if this happens.