Sporting Gijon have pulled out of talks to sign Cheick Tiote after instead getting Mikel Vesga from Athletic Club Bilbao. Mundo Deportivo report that Sporting will no longer be continuing their efforts to sign Tiote, who has a Newcastle United contract ending in June of this year.
Sporting weren’t prepared to offer any kind of commitment to Tiote beyond the end of the current season, and the club have had a haphazard recruiting policy in recent times.
Mundo Deportivo claim Sporting pulled out because the manager decided he didn’t want a player with Tiote’s qualities. That doesn’t make a great deal of sense, given Sporting will have known that before starting the talks.
This sounds more about money.
