If you take Pepe at his word it sounds like the deal was done and dusted before it was even mentioned to him. If we truly "got a call" from Napoli and wanted to do right by Pepe, then we should have said to him "Hey Pepe, we got a call from Napoli about a loan....it's likely you aren't going to get as much time here as you will there and it's a World Cup year so we were going to work something out with them if that works with you, otherwise it looks like you'll likely be our #2 keeper".
That would have accomplished the same thing and the deal likely would have been the same but at least Pepe has a heads up and at least it gives him the opportunity to make a statement of intent to fight for the #1 job in spite of the odds or to agree with the assessment and give the move his blessing.
The decision to loan him I don't have as much of a problem with (although I can't stand the thought of Jones as one injury away from being our #1) as the way it was carried out.
Agreed. It seems the club and Pepe were screwed a bit by Valdes deciding to stay at Barca for another year. The fact Pepe was also willing to extend his contract, indicates again to me, that replacing him has been a purely financial decision, as in all honesty, who thought GK was a position to improve on?
Once the decision was made though, then we should of had the decency to go through it with Pepe, no excuse for treating him like that and it's a ruthless way to move on a club legend.
Both the loaning of him and the way we've gone about it has really made me itch if I'm honest, not happy at all about it.
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