‘I wish I’d left when Burnley were further up the league,’ he saysNewcastle make new bid for Sevilla defender Diego CarlosChris Wood has readily admitted he never envisaged a club triggering the £25m release clause in his contract at Burnley but, once Newcastle United activated it, he felt powerless to say no to the Saudi Arabian-controlled club.
“I knew the clause was sitting there but I don’t think anyone ever thought it would ever be triggered,” said the
New Zealand striker, hours after becoming the most expensive 30-year-old signing in
Premier League history. “But that’s the way
Football can be sometimes … You never know, in six months’ time you might look back and say: ‘That was a great deal.’”