I want him to stay, mainly based on the fact that it's one less signing we'll need to make. If we we're looking to replace like for like, injuries or not, we're talking £15m plus. When fit he's still got qualities and Moyes could get more out of...
This is the type of deal I can get behind...
Loan for a season with an option that becomes an obligation....
5 mill loan fee, 25-35 to complete...
Option becoming an obligation if he starts 30 games
Don't get the hostility, me.
A lot of it I figured was around expecting/inevitability feeling of him getting off. "He's crap anyway"
If I was him, I wouldn't have signed the contract either. We must have been the worst team in the league for...
I doubt clubs will be queuing up to offer more than he's getting now. He can demand all he likes but the club hold the cards if the interest isn't there
We're gonna be pretty thin on the ground come the summer with players contracts ending. As much as I agree with the sick note comments etc, if we can keep him on reduced wages it leaves money in the pot to add quality where needed...and we need...