West Brom’s Star Striker Wants Out, Find Out Who

England and West Brom International, Saido Berahino has said that he will not dress up for Westbrom because the club refused to sell him to Tottenham Hotspurs.

The Baggies earlier rejected four offers from Tottenham for the 22 year-old, despite the player handing in a transfer request.

The angry player took to his Twitter page to express his frustration, saying that the club had maltreated him during his transfer saga.

Saido Berahino

Berahino wrote on his twitter account that he is sad about his treatment by the Baggies regarding his transfer negotiations with Tottenham.

WestBrom have decided not to fine the player for the comment but said they will communicate with him in due time.

Westbrom Chairman, Jeremy Peace told the club’s website: “We have a key player who has been very unsettled by antics which were designed to get him out of our club cheaply.

Tottenham had two offers for Berahino rejected

“Those tactics have continued despite my making our position clear in my first conversation with Daniel Levy on this subject in mid-August.
“I said selling Saido so late in the window was not on our agenda.”
“Some at West Brom encouraged chairman Jeremy Peace to find an agreement with Spurs counterpart Daniel Levy, even within the final hour of the window, but Peace refused.
“It is also understood that at no point in this saga did Peace give Tottenham a price that might secure the player, hence the prolonged chase and multiple bids.
“There is serious concern at West Brom about the effect this will have dressing room morale, with Berahino not in a state of mind to play and not one of the more popular figures among team-mates.”

Berahino was left out of the team’s last two Premier League games and Capital One Cup tie with Port Vale, with manager Tony Pulis saying that Berahino lacked the correct frame of mind to put on a Baggie jersey.

Peace added:

“Saido has been unsettled to the point where our head coach has not felt able to select him for our last three games.

“We are now left with the task of repairing the damage created by this unfortunate episode.”
“I’ve been in this position myself. I didn’t go public in the way that Berahino has done, but I have said something similar to a chairman in a huff, about not wanting to play for a certain club again. And in the end, I did get my move.

“I don’t know if I’d have been able to follow it through by refusing to play. But I don’t regret saying it, because I wouldn’t have got that move otherwise.
“I didn’t play for that club again, and I was made to sign a form when I left that I wouldn’t talk about what happened. But because I’ve been through it, I’ve been very reluctant to cane Berahino.”

With Spurs Striker, Harry Kane unable to score a goal yet in the league, Spurs have been trying to get Berahino to support the lanky English forward, putting in four bids for Berahino over this summer with two on the deadline day all to no avail.

Spurs manager, Manuel Pochettino will have to turn to striker, Emmanuel Adebayor for help.

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