This contracts situation

[johnsusername]

What a fucking shambles. 

 

Can't wait til next season without Virg, Mo and Trent, with Ali looking on pissed off.

 

Fucking.

Shambolic.

Gets.

[johnsusername]

At least we have the smartest men in the room. Right? 

[Section_31]

None of it makes sense. Even if the mingebags don't want to fork out you'd think they wouldn't want to lose them on frees. 

[Megadrive Man]

It's ridiculous in every sense.

 

It's one thing letting the likes of Bobby go, but it's our three best outfield players!

 

Having spent fuck all, the very least they could do is get these contracts sorted out.

[an tha]

6 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

What a fucking shambles. 

 

Can't wait til next season without Virg, Mo and Trent, with Ali looking on pissed off.

 

Fucking.

Shambolic.

Gets.

We've just leathered the mancs 3-0 at the toilet.

 

Maybe, just maybe enjoy that for a bit instead of starting this thread right now....

[johnsusername]

3 minutes ago, an tha said:

We've just leathered the mancs 3-0 at the toilet.

 

Maybe, just maybe enjoy that for a bit instead of starting this thread right now....

 

I wish. But our biggest star just came out and said he's leaving and the club haven't spoke to him. It's massive news. 

[Megadrive Man]

Yeah we've now had confirmation from both Salah and VVD that they've not been offered new contracts.

[TheDrowningMan]

Can someone list some instances of elite, world class players signing new deals into the final year of their contract, because I can't recall it happening very often? It seems a forgone conclusion that the three of them are leaving.

[TD_LFC]

Are we ignoring the clarification for the purposes of this thread?

[Lee909]

Sounds like Mo maybe doesn't want to discuss it during the season. We should be getting this shit done during the internationals, not a better time after the start

[Lee909]

3 minutes ago, TheDrowningMan said:

Can someone list some instances of elite, world class players signing new deals into the final year of their contract, because I can't recall it happening very often? It seems a forgone conclusion that the three of them are leaving.

 

Mbappe and Salah both signed with a year left

[TheHowieLama]

3 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Sounds like Mo maybe doesn't want to discuss it during the season. We should be getting this shit done during the internationals, not a better time after the start

 

 

That the smart, saavy and admirable thing to do for all concerned.

 

Well, it would have been had he said that.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Having Mo, one of our greatest ever players, on TV saying ‘this is my last season’ and ‘nobody from the club has talked to me’ is just embarrassing. It’s not like we’ve been busy buying players in the summer. 

[Pete]

Why wouldn’t you offer them new contracts unless you’re clueless fuckwits looking to fuck the new manager and the club over big time?

 

Offer them 3 years with the option for a 4th.

[3 Stacks]

I feel like people get so offended by the contract stuff. You can agree or disagree, but if people at the club feel like van Dijk or Salah are going to be too expensive at their ages, that's just a business decision, it's not an insult.

 

Trent is a different situation, though.

[KevieG]

They are gambling on Chiesa to be a cheap Salah replacement.

[TheDrowningMan]

3 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

 

Mbappe and Salah both signed with a year left

 

Salah's was definitely before the start of the season, although I think you're right about Mbappe - that went down to the wire, didn't it? Still, it doesn't happen much, and it's hard to see FSG suddenly producing the goods for all three.

[Lee909]

The idea we shouldn’t pay them because they might decline is nonsense with the Saudis about

 

We could offer both 3 year deals and even if in year 2 they start to decline the Saudis would want both, even if you only get smaller fees they'd take them on and pay their wages. 

[Strontium]

It sounds like we're just going to let them all leave. You'd love to think that nobody would be that insane, but the owners have not earned the benefit of the doubt with their miserly ways over the years.

[The Guest]

They’re clearing using the Henderson situation to justify this to themselves.  They’re trying to be clever and take the emotion out of it.  Both of them are outliers though clearly.  Salah is absolutely producing constantly.  Van Dijk looks imperious as well.  Take away the fact they might fall off a bit in the coming years but that’s ignoring the standards they’re setting and the examples they are making behind the scenes.

 

It’s catastrophically stupid to let them walk away.  I don’t for one second think there’s some sort of stand off over wages either.  I genuinely think the club are just not even addressing it with them.

[Tj hooker]

Well Mo has thrown down the gauntlet now its up to the club now to offer him and Virg new deals now if they see the 2 of them integral to moving the club forward. 

Get it sorted Edwards 

[3 Stacks]

5 minutes ago, KevieG said:

They are gambling on Chiesa to be a cheap Salah replacement.

Yeah, that's the part that is absurd.

[TD_LFC]

Does Salah's replacement have to be a direct positional replacement?

[an tha]

Here it is in full for anyone who hasn't seen it.

 

My own feeling is if we offer him something he'll sign.

 

 

[Planet Origi]

3 minutes ago, TD_LFC said:

Does Salah's replacement have to be a direct positional replacement?

Yeah it has to be a clone.

 

What they'll probably come up with is Patrick Bamford