Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
Any player who has played for the clubs he has will have elements of the crowd all too ready to turn on him. I don't get why Chelsea were reluctant to let him come here though if we were the only Premier League team in for him - they let Abraham go to the wurzels who have been more of a long ball team than us in our last few matches against them.
Maybe they thought that there's more chance of Villa, instead of us, putting in an offer to buy him at the end of the season if he went there on loan?