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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first blows in the saga that will no likely be the departure of Russell Martin from Swansea has started with Jake Silverstein using fans on Twitter as his way of getting the view across on what is becoming a pretty unsavoury exit.<\/p>\n
It is clear from Silverstein’s comments that the two sides have clearly been some way apart on what should happen next and that relationships have become pretty soured with Silverstein claiming that “Russ doesn’t like being the bad guy” and that he will paint a story that makes it the owners fault.<\/p>\n
With Martin seemingly all set to depart one coast for another and take on the challenge of taking Southampton back to the Premier League it was Silverstein that broke the silence from the club with a statement that was made via Twitter although quite whether the naivety of the owner expected it to reach such a wide audience is up for debate.<\/p>\n
In the message Silvestein said “People don’t seem to understand that there’s nothing we can realistically do if\/when a manager wants to go to a bigger club mate.<\/p>\n
“It’s not indentured servitude, we can’t make him stay if he wants to leave and if the other club is willing to pay what they need to pay for his contractual buyout.\u00a0 He’sunder contract for another year and we’ve been negotiating a longer deal with him for a while but if he wants to go to a different club we can’t stop him leaving.<\/p>\n
“Fans will blame us because that’s what Russ wants.\u00a0 \u00a0He doesn’t want to look the bad guy by ditching us for a bigger club just like he did with MK when he came to Swansea.\u00a0 \u00a0So he will continue telling a story that it’s somehow our fault.\u00a0 \u00a0But in reality if he wants to go to a bigger club (which he very well may despite what he claims in all his pressers) there’s nothing we or anyone else could do.<\/p>\n
“It’s just reality man”<\/p>\n
It’s quite incredible that this is now the way that the ownership group communicate with the fans and is hot on the heels of Andy Coleman’s tweet a couple of weeks back – Coleman’s last interaction of any nature at all.<\/p>\n
The whole incident – no matter what your thoughts on Martin – seems incredibly badly handled again and I guess given the track record this should not have surprised as at all.<\/p>\n
It seems as if the search starts again…<\/p>\n
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