Dusan Tadic: Southampton blasted for selling their ‘best footballer since Matt Le Tissier’ by talkSPORT host
Tadic was in fine form as he helped Ajax dump Real Madrid out of the Champions League and Durham can't believe Saints let him leave so easily
Dusan Tadic is the 'best footballer' Southampton have had since Matt Le Tissier.
This is the view of talkSPORT's Adrian Durham, who launched a huge attack on Saints' hierarchy for letting the Serbian join Ajax for just £10million last summer.
Tadic was in excellent form as he helped the Dutch side reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League, scoring a goal and providing two assists as they humbled holders Real Madrid 4-1 at the Bernabeu.
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His display saw him earn a 10/10 rating from French sports publication L'Equipe - making him only the ninth player in history to achieve that feat.
Tadic made the move to Amsterdam last summer after spending four years at Southampton.
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And while Durham appreciated Saints may have had no choice but to let him leave, selling him for as price as low as £10m left the Drivetime host baffled.
Durham said: “On Dusan Tadic we’ve talked about this before – £10million. That was the fee agreed for Southampton to sell him to Ajax. He had two years left on his contract.
“For me, he’s the best footballer – think about my words – the best footballer Southampton have had since Matt Le Tissier.
“What were the so-called brains trust at Southampton Football Club - whether it be Mark Hughes, Les Reed at the time - thinking of? Absolutely appalling decision from them.
“I can accept that the player might have wanted to go. So if he really wants to go to Amsterdam then the club may have let him in order to be happy.
“But you can’t just let him go for £10million and you’re Southampton! It’s ridiculous.
“What I also find extraordinary is that they sell him for £10million last summer and only six months earlier they signed Guido Carillo, a striker for £19million and he’s absolutely awful and has already gone out on loan [to Leganes]. He was hopeless for Southampton! Who was making these decisions?”