Basso situation unchanged - Johnson

16 September 2009 15:15
The Brazilian, who requested a move in the summer after failing to agree a new deal, made his first appearance of the season in Tuesday night's goalless draw with Swansea with Dean Gerken unavailable due to illness. But Johnson revealed Basso's situation at Ashton Gate has not changed. He told the club's official website: "The chairman is talking to Basso and he knows my views on it. "We just need to go a bit softly-softly on it. The last time we said we're speaking to him there was a big headline in the paper that he'd climbed down. That disappointed the player and it set him back a month or two. "As we said, when we need him we would play him because he's still under contract and he gave his all when he needed to (at Swansea)."

Source: Team_Talk