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    The Phantom wrote:
    Rhodes Seagull wrote:
    The Phantom wrote:
    No idea why posters are continually criticising Brian Owen The Argus. The update on this story is based on an apparently new interview with Gus and it is only right that he should report it. If there is no other decent news stories coming out of the club, then he has to run with this. People would soon moan if there were no updates on this story and in the circumstances it is important the club issue updates. Naylor and Owen are expected to provide lead stories for the paper every day with 99% of them anticipated as being Albion related. If you don't want these stories, don't read the website.
    Quote:- If you don't want these stories!! WHAT stories?
    Ah! how about,
    "Albion's home game against Leeds United has been chosen by Sky Sports for live broadcast, and as a result has moved forward to a Friday night"

    OR

    "As part of Albion's ambition to become a Category 2 Academy in accordance with the Elite Player Performance Plan, the club is looking to appoint an Academy Goalkeeping Coach."
    Yes I saw those two news items on the official website.......not sure being live on Sky is really anything to go into lengths of prose about nowadays and as for appointing an Academy goalkeeping coach.....what is the fan most likely to click on, an update including quotes from a new interview on the Vicente story or an article on the clubs intention to appoint an academy goalkeeping coach? If it was the latter, there would probably be no more than a dozen posts on here. People can moan all they want on this one, but the Vicente story continues to be news and probably will for a good while yet.
    oh and yep, agree with this. Have criticised in the past but this is a bona fise story. academy goalkeeping coaches and sky fixtures are not headlines. Vicente is. End of..."
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Poyet urges Vicente to return

5:00pm Tuesday 3rd July 2012 in Sport By Brian Owen

Vicente has not returned to Albion for the start of pre-season training Vicente has not returned to Albion for the start of pre-season training

Gus Poyet has called on Vicente to respect his contract and hammer out his differences with Albion.

But the Seagulls boss is not sure when he will see his absent playmaker.

Vicente was still in Spain as pre-season training was turned up a level yesterday.

The former Valencia star failed to agree a new deal with Albion and is unhappy they activated an option extending his contract until next June.

Vicente’s agent Victor Oñate has declared his client will not return to Sussex until differences with Albion are sorted out.

Poyet is reluctant to comment at length on the saga but last night told The Argus: “When a player is under contract you expect him to be here.

“Then there can be unhappiness, there can be decisions, there can be negotiations, there can be problems, there can be discussions, there can be 100 things between a player and a club.

“That’s normal because not everything is always perfect. But we will deal with it internally.”

Vicente is being strongly linked in Spain with a move to Elche providing his agent can engineer a way out of his commitments at The Amex.

Asked if he expected to see Vicente at Albion at any stage, Poyet added: “I’m not sure. I cannot answer that question.

“There are too many things in the press. The only thing we know is he didn’t turn up and is showing willingness to leave.

“But it is out of my hands. He’s under contract.”

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