Craig Burley

Frank?

How is that dressing room feeling with this news, do you feel, Kieran?

How are the other players feeling?

Well, that's what I was going to say, Dan.

I think it's just, you know, the timing of the comments.

There's no coincidence that it came straight after crushing defeat against PSG in the Champions League.

And again, I go back to the point of, you know, it being an emotional reaction and this just has no benefit on the team whatsoever.

So I can't understand why you would come out publicly

at a time like that.

And listen, I think Kukerela is a top player and he's always a player that I don't doubt his commitment when he steps on the pitch.

But also, I don't feel that, you know, he is a player that really deserves to come out with those kinds of comments.

I look at

Cesc Fabregas, for example, when he left the club in 2011 or 2012, whenever it was, and he was itching to get out to Barcelona and we all knew that he had a deep relationship with the club and a deep connection.

And when he left, it was in sour taste, but he was the best player for us for the three seasons before that.

By far, he was the best player.

And so, you know, there's part of you that can understand, you know, when a player wants to leave and get out and, you know, sometimes it's not in the best circumstances.

But I don't think that that's the case with Kukurela.

I don't think he's been their best player for...

in the last three, four years and really warrants coming out with comments like this.

It does no benefit to him.