An interview he gave to "The Sun" which was spread over two days has ended up with Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd taking the hard-line towards the winger, fining him two weeks wages - twice - and also reporting him to the FA. Yes, his own player. And you thought that we were a bit of a soap opera sometimes.
To be fair to Laurent, you can't really argue with any of the comments he makes and I have to say I agree with his intense dislike of Graeme Souness. But the difference is that my opinion is completely irrelevant and I have no professional relationship with Graeme Souness. If I were to say that I thought he was a rubbish manager with no man-management skills and favours a dour style of play, that would be up to me. Robert may think that, but he can't say it. Or certainly shouldn't.
Even so, here's a couple of snippets of what he said anyway;
"He's just a child"
"He will get nowhere screaming at players and slamming doors"
"We finished last season so badly that, towards the end, I just laughed at him"
Laurent. Matey. Me old mucker. You're a fantastically talented footballer and you have the chance to become a legend here. You got dropped at Newcastle, get over it. This is a fresh start and a chance to get your career going again - why bother raking up old graves like this? I've no doubt that he was talking to a journalist just angling for these sort of quotes, but it's time to be the bigger man and move on.
I just hope this isn't a worrying look into the future of what could happen here, although with Perrin's new assistant arriving on Friday with his previous no-nonsense reputation and six month ban for assaulting an opposition player, I'm sure any sort of problems like this will be stamped out (literally) very quickly.