TeaCider
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It's came out in the last few days that Akpom was training with the U21s for most of pre-season, rather than being sent away by himself, and Wilder was checking up on it throughout, puts a slightly different angle on the whole situation to how I'd understood it.
Arguably still disrespectful, but that's something that happens all the time in football and makes me less irritated about Wilder's treatment of him.
I presume it was the same with Ikpeazu given how many reports there were of seeing him around Teesside during pre-season.
As a recent and fitting example from elsewhere, Marcus Forss spent pre-season with Brentford's B team.
Arguably still disrespectful, but that's something that happens all the time in football and makes me less irritated about Wilder's treatment of him.
I presume it was the same with Ikpeazu given how many reports there were of seeing him around Teesside during pre-season.
As a recent and fitting example from elsewhere, Marcus Forss spent pre-season with Brentford's B team.