The other week I was talking to a guy and his wife down the lane, about McGoldrick. This guy knew him well and is a close friend and neighbour of Ryans. When I told him that I thought Ryan was a nice guy off the pitch, but I wouldn't pay him in washers for what he brings on the pitch, this guy was very quick to defend Ryan, by saying 'you've no idea what he has done for this club!' So I asked him to enlighten me, because on the pitch some interpret his play as natural flair, yet to me he looks like a liability.
He went on to say that a few years ago Ryan, plus 4 other players loaned the club some money to keep the club afloat. The other 4 players (un-named) have been repaid, yet Ryan hasn't, yet. The figure he was talking about as being still owed to Ryan was £300K, and Ryan is becoming increasingly p'd off with how the club have repaid the others yet are making little effort to repay him. After telling me this, the guys wife let rip on him saying that they had both been sworn to secrecy on this. The venom that she vented on her husband gave me do doubt that this hadn't been fabricated.
So I said, that would explain why we've still got him as we are in a ituation of no choice. Credit to Ryan if he has done this, and it would also explain how the club overlook some of his antics at times.
Food for thought!!
