Stephen Gibson
Player Valuation: £15m
I think Image is important to DCL. He wants to be seen as a starting striker. He wants to be paid as a starting striker too. He probably still believes he's a starting striker & i don't blame him for having the belief that he will come good again.
The reality is he has lost his position to Beto. We are actively looking to bring someone else in too & we can't afford to pay DCL that sort of wage for a third striker. If we agree a deal on a new striker to be ratified on July 1st then his days with us are over. You don't give a 3rd striker who doesn't score & gets injured a lot a 4-5 year contract on 1st striker money.
I think Moyes would like to keep him as a 3rd or maybe battling with Beto for next best so long as DCL swallows his pride & accepts he's not that guy anymore but i don't think Dom will. If Keane signs he will know he's 4th choice centre back & would have accepted that & probably the wage that comes with it. I just don't see DCL accepting his new status as bench warmer. I would imagine the latest contract offer to him is for far less than it was pre Moyes & he's struggling with that. I would also imagine his options are drying up & he's struggling with that too. What even are his options? Every club he's been seriously linked with he would be at best the back up striker & i would hazard a guess that they will offer him broadly the same or less a week in wages too.
The reality is he has lost his position to Beto. We are actively looking to bring someone else in too & we can't afford to pay DCL that sort of wage for a third striker. If we agree a deal on a new striker to be ratified on July 1st then his days with us are over. You don't give a 3rd striker who doesn't score & gets injured a lot a 4-5 year contract on 1st striker money.
I think Moyes would like to keep him as a 3rd or maybe battling with Beto for next best so long as DCL swallows his pride & accepts he's not that guy anymore but i don't think Dom will. If Keane signs he will know he's 4th choice centre back & would have accepted that & probably the wage that comes with it. I just don't see DCL accepting his new status as bench warmer. I would imagine the latest contract offer to him is for far less than it was pre Moyes & he's struggling with that. I would also imagine his options are drying up & he's struggling with that too. What even are his options? Every club he's been seriously linked with he would be at best the back up striker & i would hazard a guess that they will offer him broadly the same or less a week in wages too.
