Another one down

22 January 2003

Albion's strenghtening plans are really falling apart now that Tony Sanneh has also rejected a move to the Hawthorns. Sanneh has been quoted elsewhere as saying he did not want to drop down to Albion's level, but an interview with the German newspaper Die Welt really answers the questions hanging over his move. After frantic efforts from the BOING translation team, we're proud to present the article here in English:

I am not commodity and can be pushed away

US national player Anthony Sanneh practices harsche criticism at Nuernbergs manager Edgar Geenen, which wants to sell him

Nuernberg - Anthony Sanneh expected on Monday with its return from Los Angeles - which national player had had itself according to a stay with the US selection because of a difficult back injury treated - a frosty atmosphere in Nuernberg: The club charges to it that the change bromine-yielded, burst to the last but one the Prime Minister League, west Albion. In the discussion with world coworker franc of fast resists the 31-Jaehrige.

THE WORLD: Mr. Sanneh, around you gives it in Nuernberg to much eddy, because you against a transfer to west bromine-yielded itself Albion close, which you had allegedly already agreed. Thus it represents Edgar Geenen anyhow to manager.

Anthony Sanneh: Exactly that is the problem. When Mr. Geenen asked me for my return of the WM in the previous year whether I could introduce myself to change to England from where him offers for me were present, I my interest had actually signaled. Mr. Geenen spoke then without result also with some clubs. But I have never avowedly that it is all the same to me, for which club I play. Only the speech of arsenal London was, last of west bromine-yielded Albion. It was clear and is that I do not want to worsen sportily.

THE WORLD: Geenen avowedly, it would have been clear everything, only your signature has still been missing...

Sanneh: ... and those is probably crucial. My signature was missing both under a termination agreement with that to 1. FC Nuernberg and on a contract with a new employer. What uses it Mr. Geenen that he bromine-yielded himself with west rashly united was, but my agreement did not have? It does not possess free travel light. I have contract until 2004, which applies by the way also to the second league in Nuernberg still another. I am not commodity and can be pushed away.

THE WORLD: The club could replaces well to use, since it must gain hearing after due to appropriate Lizenzierungs editions of the DFB approximately three million euro. Do you have for it no understanding?

Sanneh: Which you believe, to which one would stamp me, if I announce despite valid contract: are me with Manchester United over a transfer united, only Mr. Geenen must still agree?' One would put me as Abzocker and would endeavor all plates, which offer themselves in such to a case. I accept that I am part of a Business - presupposed, the proceeding is acceptable. That is a question of the style.

THE WORLD: Their sales seems to be important for Nuernberg economically also, because you were geoutet of the association guidance as Topverdiener?

Sanneh: First of all: Such indiscretions are inakzeptabel. And secondly: Can I do something for the management errors of the past? Am I responsible for the economic problems of the club? I am made here now a scapegoat for things, which I do not have to answer for now really. I explained myself ready to play for weeks - despite an injury and against the recommendation of the physicians. I was asked because I should help the team. But nobody protected me publicly, when I could not bring my full achievement due to its. Instead I had to often hold with defeats as guilty - and the manager was silent in addition. Over it I am very much disappointed. I am only one of 25 professionals in Nuernberg and would like not for the fact to hold that Geenen obviously believes that my sales brings to most coal.

As you can see, the BOING translation team don't really speak German, either. Most people will probably make more sense of the original German story...

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