10 of the most memorable transfer related quotes in football history

#9 Saido Berahino on his aborted move, 2015

Saido Berahino caused a storm at West Brom thanks to his Twitter ranting

“I can officially say I will never play for Jeremy Peace”

After scoring 14 Premier League goals for West Brom in the 2014/15 season, young striker Saido Berahino was considered hot property and a move away from the Hawthorns seemed likely to happen that summer. Tottenham were apparently the most interested party, and in August 2015 they made a £15m bid that was promptly rejected by the Baggies.

That didn’t sit too well with Berahino, who kicked up enough of a stink that manager Tony Pulis was forced to drop him from the first-team squad. With deadline day looming, Berahino put in a transfer request, but the club rejected that, as well as another bid from Tottenham. And so like Darren Bent before him, Berahino took to Twitter to vent his anger.

“Sad how I can’t say exactly how the club has treated me but I can officially say I will never play (for) Jeremy Peace” was the exact quote, a rant aimed solely at West Brom’s chairman. For their part the Baggies were equally furious – Peace due to the rant and manager Tony Pulis because he was now stuck with an unsettled player and no funds to replace him.

Despite the situation looking inconsolable, just a week later Pulis announced that everything was fine and Berahino was back in training. 6 months or so later, Berahino admitted he’d made a mistake with his rant, crediting Pulis with helping him to “take a look at his life”.

He eventually left West Brom in January 2017, but this time his move didn’t cause so much controversy – and was nowhere near as quotable.