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If I was interviewing someone for a job that paid a lot of money and they asked if I would meet their "demands" I would hire someone else. Awful word
 
He's just recently gotten to the point he'll even speak English with the media, and you're giving the guy hell for using "demand"? Come on. You got it right the post before last I think.
 
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He's just recently gotten to the point he'll even speak English with the media, and you're giving the guy hell for using "demand"? Come on. You got it right the post before last I think.

That is a valid point. Though, I am fairly sure he didn't just become proficient in English (as most Germans are continually taught the language beginning at a very young age and are at least conversational by the time they leave secondary school). Add to that the fact that Germans do not generally use words in which they are unfamiliar with the exact meaning or context they are conveying (as my Swiss-German wife constantly reminds me) and I'll always assume what was said is exactly what was meant.

However, as I said before, none of us are in a position to know which position, if either, is "unreasonable", so there is no way to determine where Jones falls on the negotiation position continuum.

But we'll likely find out soon enough.
 
That is a valid point. Though, I am fairly sure he didn't just become proficient in English (as most Germans are continually taught the language beginning at a very young age and are at least conversational by the time they leave secondary school). Add to that the fact that Germans do not generally use words in which they are unfamiliar with the exact meaning or context they are conveying (as my Swiss-German wife constantly reminds me) and I'll always assume what was said is exactly what was meant.

However, as I said before, none of us are in a position to know which position, if either, is "unreasonable", so there is no way to determine where Jones falls on the negotiation position continuum.

But we'll likely find out soon enough.
He could have meant it. It's not like he's ever been known for being meek. If he'd have stayed in the US, he'd have probably have ended up playing safety in the NFL. Then, no one would raise an eyebrow if he made "demands".
 
Who cares. Just pay him. It's not like money is an issue with this team. I'm sure David Villa had specific demands as well. This is what the modern game is these days.
 
I'm sure he did. But the proper place for those demands is in a board room with your agent. Not on your post WC publicity tour.
 
Alexis Lalas, picked up by BT Sport coverage of MCFC's friendly with Sporting KC, has just said that he believes Jermaine Jones is pricing himself out of a move to MLS and "wants too much money".

Interesting that an American pundit, formerly an executive in MLS, would call him out that way.
 
Alexis Lalas, picked up by BT Sport coverage of MCFC's friendly with Sporting KC, has just said that he believes Jermaine Jones is pricing himself out of a move to MLS and "wants too much money".

Interesting that an American pundit, formerly an executive in MLS, would call him out that way.
Fuck Lalas. His persona is antagonistic twat.

Jones is substantially better for the club and league style of play than Lampard. And he has no baggage.

If the execs don't get that, then I worry about how much the team will endear itself to this market.
 
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