Ashtonian
Banned on request
Well what I am trying to say Is having Barry in our team and signing him up for his wages or whatever we will offer him is massive for a player of his age. I argued the point with distin because we signed him slightly younger and he is still a first team defender all these years later. Except distin is not far off retirement now and soon his performances will drop and that will be that as a first team player. However the difference between him.and Barry is that he has earn his contract and has been fantastic for us. Barry has been great as well but how long has he really got left? Just because distin has lasted so long doesn't mean Barry will and I'd rather us invest in younger players and develop a squad along with our youth that will build every year. Having Barry in the team means he is first choice and at his age we would.need to look to replace him after a year to prevent us having a issue going forward. His wages could go to two mirallas aged players who have their careers ahead of them, I wouldn't sign too many youngsters because you end up with villa.
But I recognise that Barry is signing for us and whatever I say is void on the matter. He will be fist team next year and probably still do a good job. I just want to look at things long term under martinez and see where he can take us over 5 years, not just next season.
