{"id":75529,"date":"2023-01-21T17:42:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T17:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=75529"},"modified":"2023-01-21T17:42:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T17:42:42","slug":"morgan-whittaker-latest-rangers-close-in-and-exit-was-always-inevitable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/01\/21\/morgan-whittaker-latest-rangers-close-in-and-exit-was-always-inevitable\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Whittaker latest &#8211; Rangers close in and exit was always inevitable?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Morgan Whittaker&#8217;s absence from the Swans line up at QPR this afternoon tells you much about what is likely to happen to the player and plays out what many believed was always the case &#8211; the player was recalled to sell.<\/p>\n<p>You can read into the events of January what you want but the reality is Whittaker was one of the club&#8217;s few saleable assets and we know what that means with regards the way the club is being run.<\/p>\n<p>Julian Winter can talk all he wants about the club being run in a sustainable fashion but the simple reality is that we aren&#8217;t.\u00a0 We largely need to make one or two sales a year to at least have a chance of balancing the books and that is why the seemingly inevitable departure of Whittaker should not be a surprise to anyone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='3nb9F0sbRZhmqiBsbgCHfQ' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1236392645' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'3nb9F0sbRZhmqiBsbgCHfQ',sig:'qbvYE7FukbLax4vQD04xeP9JnD6ePPCcFDR-l_nKkXw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1236392645',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>It was pretty clear early in the window &#8211; Russell Martin just about said as much &#8211; that the recall of the player from Plymouth was because those above him wanted him back.\u00a0 \u00a0That could only have meant one thing and that he was not being bought back to add fresh depth to the squad.<\/p>\n<p>The player did not want to come back and it appeared that the manager did not want him to come back so a decision made in the boardroom is usually only done for financial reasons.\u00a0 \u00a0 Russell Martin tried to deflect that by saying that he was not back to be sold but in the next breath he added &#8220;unless we get a suitable offer&#8221; which completely contradicted his first statement.\u00a0 \u00a0Quite simply he knew there that he could not play the player until the danger window for those &#8220;suitable offers&#8221; had passed &#8211; had Morgan Whittaker appeared in a Swans shirt this month then a sale was not going to happen.\u00a0 \u00a0The two club rule tells you that.<\/p>\n<p>It was reasonably clear from Martin&#8217;s words that the club were ready to receive offers for the players and therefore no surprise this week to hear of the bids from Rangers with two of them already declined.\u00a0 \u00a0The club tried to insist that Whittaker was going to feature at QPR today but the reality was that there was more than a minority that felt that was never going to happen.\u00a0 \u00a0It can be brushed off as &#8220;not in the right frame of mind&#8221; but the simple fact comes back to he would not play for us if he were to be sold in January.\u00a0 \u00a0The player may not want to jeopardise that move but neither do the club.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='kpabb2zjRedIbxQx_UelAA' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/845304230' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'kpabb2zjRedIbxQx_UelAA',sig:'GItAUVaX1tDSZ6dtzQ3Pqh86uZvCyEhM8a59E77YVqw=',w:'594px',h:'409px',items:'845304230',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>What we have to hope now is that those that run the club complete a transfer quickly to give at least half a chance to us getting in replacements.\u00a0 And ideally replacements that we will play and not some of the disaster transfer moves of the past couple of windows.\u00a0 \u00a0We know from their seven years here that their record in concluding deals is not the best and we know that our majority owners can &#8211; and have &#8211; hampered many transfer deals from the other side of the pond consistently for all their time at the club.<\/p>\n<p>The way this has played out should not be a surprise to anyone &#8211; it was as signposted as anything possibly could be.\u00a0 Whittaker was gaining strong reviews for his form at Plymouth and the financial decision makers at the club felt now was the right time to cash in on him.\u00a0 \u00a0All we have to wait for now is how much profit we can make on the player and how much actually is reinvested back into the team.<\/p>\n<p>And then of course hope that we use that reinvestment wisely and not just on some more pointless loan players.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='9-FlZQ6OR299GFxwcUTxYQ' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/455545838' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'9-FlZQ6OR299GFxwcUTxYQ',sig:'6Oo3ghhSGK5HTN-MQBy4YW2OrBw1vawgbpr-ceCVygo=',w:'594px',h:'401px',items:'455545838',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morgan Whittaker&#8217;s absence from the Swans line up at QPR this afternoon tells you much about what is likely to happen to the player and plays out what many believed was always the case &#8211; the player was recalled to sell. 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