Super Vlad recently did an interview and predominantly spoke about the Hammers, now his exit unfolded, ongoing issues at the club and also slammed the training facilities…can you blame him?
Vlad’s brutal exit was found out through a meeting that lasted less than a minute with Graham Potter.
“Potter told me the club wouldn’t be extending my contract. I asked him why and he said it was a club decision. Our conversation lasted about 30 seconds. Five years at the club for 30 seconds.”
Unfortunately for Vlad, loyalty doesn’t go very far at this Football club, and we’ve seen this happen numerous times across decades and it appears as if nothing has changed. And as much as fans rightly criticise the owners, in this instance, Coufal alludes it back to Potter, “It was the wrong manager at the wrong time. I didn’t fit into his plans and I was forced to leave.”
Seeing as the same happened to Emerson, Antonio and Fabianski, you just have to wonder why Potter was kept around so m for so long and if it was this chaotic off the pitch, it doesn’t come as a surprise to see why the team was so lost on it!
All for one and all for yourself is how pompous Potter comes across as.
"In January, Fulham made West Ham an offer, and it was a two-year contract. Potter and his sporting director, whose name I don't even remember, said no."
"I wasn't allowed to go, then I got released. It was strange."
Unknown and impactful, just what you want in a phenomenal Sporting Director!
Vladimir Coufal also felt an overwhelming amount of emotion upon his Hammers exit, speaking about crying for two days with his wife and kids and he believed that he felt “it was his fault.”
“I thought I was going to retire at West Ham. If they’d extended my contract by two years, or even given me a one-year deal with an option of a further year. I would’ve happily accepted it.”
It was never the money for Coufal, it was never sitting there and picking up the bill. He was on the cheapest wage out of anyone who didn’t renew that window, and was just someone who adored the club. We lost a good n’.
Vladimir Coufal is now being seen as one of the best defenders in the Bundesliga this season with Hoffenheim, so it just goes to show he did have something left in the tank, didn’t he?
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Funny thing, The Bundesliga
Haller scores for fun out there and it's called a Farmers League. Coufal goes out there and it's a league to be reckoned with.
And before anyone jumps on my back, I am a huge fan of Coufal.
yes agree deluded
i liked coufal always gave 100% always will remember his first game at home marking grealish out the game ..fantastic
Coufal should still be here,i
Coufal should still be here,i was one that welcomed Potter,but oh how wrong i was.
Agreed Essex, I was a Potter
Agreed Essex, I was a Potter supporter and what a klint I was. Coufal loved the club, that much is evident. I'm sure he's over it now at Hoffenheim, but a true club hero..!