You Can't Buy A Ferrari With Fiat Money ! Saints Owner Tells Trabzonspor
Southampton clearly feel that Tall Paul Onuachu is not part of their plans, Turkish club Trabzonspor after taking him on for a successful loan season, would like him back, so where is the problem ?
The Onuachu saga has been going on for the best part of three months now, before the season in Turkey had ended, Trabzonspor were banging on Saints door wanting to buy the striker, but the problem was they were offering a pittance for a striker who is still worth around £12 million despite his disastrous spell at St Mary's.
Saints paid around £16 million for the striker and although they are prepared to take a loss to get him off the books, they are not prepared to give him away for a pittance.
This seems to have frustrated Trabzonspor who appear to be pulling out all the stops to get Southampton to capitulate, they have been full on in the media saying how they are going to buy him, they have clearly courted the player, who has stated his desire is to return on a permanent basis, but the Turks are not making sensible offers.
Southampton co owner Rasmus Ankersen has now hit the nail on the head in a quote as reported by africanfootball.com he had this to say on NTVspor.
"My phone rings every day when people want to talk about Onuachu. But if you want to buy a Ferrari, you cannot come up with Fiat money,”
The message is clear, Trabzonspor are talking the talk, but they are not walking the walk, if they want Onuachu then they have to get realistic, they can get a bargain, but they are not getting a gift.
In the meantime Onuachu has had to report back for training at Southampton with his future up in the air, Trabzonspor might find themselves missing out on their man, there is rumour of interest from the Saudi Arabian League and as we all know they are not short of money there.
Ankersen didn't mince his words, perhaps insinuating he has had enough of Trabzonspor and their meagre offers, it may come a time when he might put his foot down and play hard ball and tell the player he had better find a new destination to favour as Trabzonspor won't be dealt with.
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