Rubbish. Fans will take issue with any key player that wants to leave the club even if the reasons are valid and something they agree with. There wasn't a thing RVP could say to stop the backlash. With Cesc, he kept his mouth shut throughout his ordeal with Barca and he was getting pelted for it and people said he should 'man up' and speak for himself.

RVP does that and he still gets pelted. He didn't stick two fingers up at the fans and didn't take any parting shots the way Nasri or Ade did.