Bournemouth have their say on Ben Whitfield’s Vale return

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Parent club AFC Bournemouth have told Port Vale how much football loanee Ben Whitfield can play, says Vale boss Neil Aspin. Earlier in the week Aspin has indicated that he believed Whitfield to be in contention for a place (probably on the bench) in Vale’s squad for Saturday’s game. It is very disappointing. If he […]

 

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[Another shropshire valiant]

That's a pity,I know that Bournemouth are only trying to look after their players, but I dont really see him getting into the Bourenmouth squad, maybe they are looking at other clubs for him, I feel he would have made a difference today....

[Santa]

I wonder if they want him to go somewhere else in January and they don't want him cup tied?

[Yukon]

They’re trying to force our hand to buy him

[CambridgeDon]

It couldn't get much worse in midfield for Aspin, could it? He can't play Regis for reasons that are not clear and now he's being told by Bournemouth when he can and can't play Whitfield. In the meantime, he's reduced to three geriatrics or players that simply are not good enough. I bet he can't wait for the transfer window to open. So let's hope he and Rudgie can unearth a gem or two. Fingers crossed.

[robf]

I thought it was simply that they don't want Vale to rush him back. I guess from their perspective, he's an asset and they don't want Vale to put Vale's fortunes ahead of their players and potentially risk Whitfield getting injured again.

 

I appreciate Neil Aspin disagrees with the above and he does have a point in that Vale will have a good idea of whether he's ready to play or not but that's the deal with loan players - they are not owned by Vale so sometimes we have to obey the wishes of the club who actually own the players.

 

I just hope that Ben gets fit in time for the next League game - he could be crucial...

[Jacko51]

Who is paying Whitfield’s wages?

[mr.hobblesworth]

I don't understand! How can Aspin go from wanting an XI that includes Whitfield - presumably with him up top supporting Pope - to opting instead to go with them lot as a midfield 3 and the assistant on Radio Stoke explaining that this was how Aspin wanted us to set up?