What most Saddlers have feared for some time has now happened. With the transfer deadline approaching rapidly, and interest reported from Blues and Wolves, by all accounts, Anthony Gerrard has handed in a transfer request.

The club have already made the usual noises about not wanting to sell the player, but also not wanting to stand in the way of anyone who wants to leave.

The danger here is, of course, that we have the Scott Dann and Danny Fox scenario arising again and we end up selling our first choice defender, with not enough time to get in a replacement before the window closes.

If he’s going to go, make it today and give the Manager the money!