NY Excuse

Watching Sky Sports News this morning and saw an interview with Damien Comolli, who was Spurs Director of football and who was sacked with Ramos, in which he rehashes the whole Berbatov thing. Couldn't find the video, but there's a print version here. He said:

"I think the fact that Berbatov stayed so long, until the last day, made life for the coaching staff difficult," Comolli told Sky Sports News.

"What can you do if a player tells you, 'I'll never play for you any more'? If a player has refused to play three games, like happened last summer, what can you do about it?"

I'm fairly sure that it was Spurs desire to drag every last penny from us that meant he "stayed so long". And then, when you see a sentence begin, "I'm not looking for excuses but...", you can assume someone is looking for excuses for their own failure.