Slaven Bilic has every sympathy with Southampton counterpart Mauricio Pellegrino over his transfer wrangle with Virgil van Dijk.
On Saturday Bilic takes his West Ham side to St Mary's to take on a Saints team missing their key defender, who submitted a transfer request earlier this month.
Saints are playing hardball, insisting the Dutchman will not be sold, but for the time being he remains unavailable to play.
The impasse has echoes of the Dimitri Payet saga in January, when the Frenchman demanded a move from West Ham back to his former club Marseille.