adminFrosinone president Maurizio Stirpe maintains that he was eager to sell Celtic and Rangers target Fares Ghedjemis – but was eventually overruled by the club’s new wealthy owners.
The winger was pursued by both sides of the Old Firm during the summer transfer window after scoring 15 league goals last season to help fire I Ciociari back into Serie A.
The Algeria international was also sought after by Ligue 1 giants Monaco and reportedly declined to play in Frosinone’s opening three matches of the new campaign in an attempt to force a move elsewhere.
After the transfer window closed, the 24-year-old returned to action as a second half substitute in Sunday’s 3-2 home victory over Venezia, where he received a warm reception from supporters despite his behaviour in recent weeks.
Frosinone were taken over by US firm Clara Vista Investment Partners – who also own English Premier League side Ipswich Town – back in July for a reported fee of around £36million.
Stiripe was questioned about Ghedjemis’ situation at a press conference alongside Clara Vista chief Robert Gold and insists that the player would have been sold had the decision been his.
He said: “If it were up to me, I would have sold him. He stayed because Clara Vista stubbornly made him stay. It’s a relationship that needs to be rebuilt on more solid foundations.
“We can’t afford what happened in recent weeks. It’s unpleasant for someone to refuse to play. Clara Vista is unprejudiced in this regard.
“In the coming weeks, we’d like to return to the team a player who has recovered from an abandonment syndrome at Frosinone that ultimately didn’t materialize.
Referring to Monaco’s interest in the player, Stirpe continued: “Regarding Ghedjemis, there’s no contradiction between what I think and what Clara Vista thinks. There are some unclear behaviors on the part of the clubs.
“We go to the player first, then the club. I don’t like this. I spoke to the Monaco executives, but they didn’t do what they told us. Their official offers weren’t adequate.
So there’s no point wasting time. A minimum of gratitude is needed. The affection and love must be mutual, never one-sided. The clubs that approached him were not honest because they reached an agreement with him before speaking to us.
“Ghedjemis’ contractual conditions needed to be reevaluated, and they will be. Renzo Castagnini (Frosinone’s sporting director) has been tasked with managing the agreement with his agent.
“The problem isn’t the agent or the player; it’s the clubs that are following the wrong patheso achieve their objective.
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