More from Rio
"Money isn't the issue here. I won't lie and say you don't think about it a bit but it's not the be-all and end-all. It is a long way down the list and besides I'm being paid good money at Leeds. I said last week that winning things was my main motivation and that I'm getting impatient for silverware. Mr Venables knows that. I am a footballer and to me winning trophies is why we do this. The rewards a footballer enjoys are great but I think everyone knows how much I love the game itself. I know it's coming down to the wire now and that I have to have an answer for everybody's sake. But if anyone says they know what it will be they are wrong because I honestly don't know myself."
Rio uncertain
Monday, July 15, 2002
"I honestly don't know what I will do. But my family will play a big part in helping me make up my mind. I will listen to my mam Janice and dad Julian and I will talk to my younger brother Anton, who plays at West Ham, and my sisters. I realise this decision is important to a lot of people — the clubs, the fans, everyone — but in the end I have to do what's right for me and my family. Mr Venables never asked me to say whether I would be staying or not. But I could not have given him an answer there and then anyway because there is a lot to think about and I'm sure he understands that. He is a persuasive character, with a track record to back him up. He reiterated to me his plans for the club, how he saw the future and was very enthusiastic about everything. As a person and a coach he's up there among the best of them. He said the sort of things I expected and you can see he wants to do well. This is his chance to stamp his mark on a club and he wants to do everything to make it a big success. He has put a few of his ideas in my head and now I want to think hard about them before I get back to him. But I do feel that Leeds will achieve things with him in charge. It's a very hard decision. The people at Leeds have been brilliant to me and I cannot emphasise that enough."
Source: Red News
Sounds like there is more chance of him coming to OT..........I HOPE SO............
"Money isn't the issue here. I won't lie and say you don't think about it a bit but it's not the be-all and end-all. It is a long way down the list and besides I'm being paid good money at Leeds. I said last week that winning things was my main motivation and that I'm getting impatient for silverware. Mr Venables knows that. I am a footballer and to me winning trophies is why we do this. The rewards a footballer enjoys are great but I think everyone knows how much I love the game itself. I know it's coming down to the wire now and that I have to have an answer for everybody's sake. But if anyone says they know what it will be they are wrong because I honestly don't know myself."
Rio uncertain
Monday, July 15, 2002
"I honestly don't know what I will do. But my family will play a big part in helping me make up my mind. I will listen to my mam Janice and dad Julian and I will talk to my younger brother Anton, who plays at West Ham, and my sisters. I realise this decision is important to a lot of people — the clubs, the fans, everyone — but in the end I have to do what's right for me and my family. Mr Venables never asked me to say whether I would be staying or not. But I could not have given him an answer there and then anyway because there is a lot to think about and I'm sure he understands that. He is a persuasive character, with a track record to back him up. He reiterated to me his plans for the club, how he saw the future and was very enthusiastic about everything. As a person and a coach he's up there among the best of them. He said the sort of things I expected and you can see he wants to do well. This is his chance to stamp his mark on a club and he wants to do everything to make it a big success. He has put a few of his ideas in my head and now I want to think hard about them before I get back to him. But I do feel that Leeds will achieve things with him in charge. It's a very hard decision. The people at Leeds have been brilliant to me and I cannot emphasise that enough."
Source: Red News
Sounds like there is more chance of him coming to OT..........I HOPE SO............