Poyet looking to persuade Borini personally:
http://www.insidefutbol.com/2014/07/27/gus-poyet-banking-on-personal-chat-with-fabio-borini/152011/All this Borini/Remy thing (if indeed the two are connected) makes no sense at all.
Sunderland seem to have negotiated a fee with us
without the slightest idea as to whether Borini would be interested.
We seem to have gone to the time and massive expense of lining up a replacement
without the slightest idea as to whether Borini would be prepared to leave and we do actually want/require a replacement.
Didn't Rodgers and Poyet at any time, especially near the end of the season, or once it had finished, have any discussions with each other, seeing as they wanted the same thing? Didn't Poyet discuss the possibility of a permanent transfer whilst Borini was there? Didn't Rodgers, either on the end of season mini tour of Ireland when Borini played, or at the start of pre-season discuss with Borini whether he was in his plans or not, and if he wasn't/isn't make it clear? Rodgers would then know Borini's attitude to staying or going and could have saved the time negotiating with Sunderland if Borini was going to refuse to move and the whole process with Remy.
Of course Remy's people could be being less than honest as he obviously wants to leave QPR and doesn't want other potential buyers being put off by medical scares.
Both his QPR and Newcastle medicals went without a problem, so he's had two since the problem with his Marseille one, and as Aurelio, Aquilani, Degen, Cole and Carroll prove, and Agger to a degree also, our medicals weren't/aren't the most reliable, unless things have changed since those players somehow managed to get through their's.