Retained and released

Cels · June 11, 2015

Actually forgot all about Antolin Alcaraz.

Titus Bramble · June 11, 2015

Joey66 said:
Kone good enough?????

How much would paying off his contract eat into our transfer fund?

daz4matty · June 11, 2015

Titus Bramble said:
How much would paying off his contract eat into our transfer fund?

It would be worth it

Titus Bramble · June 11, 2015

daz4matty said:
It would be worth it

He's got about 12 months left on his contract and let's say for arguments sake he's on 40k a week. That's about £2 million. I'd rather have that to spend this summer and leave Kone on the bench tbh.

daz4matty · June 11, 2015

Titus Bramble said:
He's got about 12 months left on his contract and let's say for arguments sake he's on 40k a week. That's about £2 million. I'd rather have that to spend this summer and leave Kone on the bench tbh.

I would sell him for whatever I could get

Titus Bramble · June 11, 2015

daz4matty said:
I would sell him for whatever I could get

That's assuming someone wants him

davek · June 11, 2015

bizzaro said:
Distin and Alcaraz gone.

Good times.

@Tubey @davek

Praise the Lord. That'll be about £90k off the wages each week.

Joey66 · June 11, 2015

Titus Bramble said:
How much would paying off his contract eat into our transfer fund?

If his knees have gone claim on the insurance or give him a free transfer! or use him in a swap deal for a better back up striker!

kithnou · June 11, 2015

bizzaro said:
Distin and Alcaraz gone.

Good times.

@Tubey @davek

2 down..around a dozen to go now...

catcherintherye · June 11, 2015

davek said:
Praise the Lord. That'll be about £90k off the wages each week.

Of all the names I am pleased Alcaraz was one. I happen to agree with Martinez that some people are overly harsh on him due to him playing for Wigan. I would stop short at saying it was a conspiracy though!
But Alcaraz was a bit of a litmus test for me. He is ageing and past it. The cautious thing to do would have been to keep him here, stopping the progression of younger players. It has shown a stealy resolve to get rid of him and indicates to me Martinez won't be as willing to keep older players "favourites" as Moyes was which has to be a positive thing.

Mikey_Fitzgerald · June 11, 2015

Cels said:
Actually forgot all about Antolin Alcaraz.

I'll never forget that useless Paraguyan Parasite

kithnou · June 11, 2015

catcherintherye said:
Of all the names I am pleased Alcaraz was one. I happen to agree with Martinez that some people are overly harsh on him due to him playing for Wigan. I would stop short at saying it was a conspiracy though!
But Alcaraz was a bit of a litmus test for me. He is ageing and past it. The cautious thing to do would have been to keep him here, stopping the progression of younger players. It has shown a stealy resolve to get rid of him and indicates to me Martinez won't be as willing to keep older players "favourites" as Moyes was which has to be a positive thing.

Erm, he was absolute rubbish...made Carl Tiler and Craig Short look like Beckenbauer. If he kept him here, Martinez would have been driven out over the Summer by us all!

riddick · June 11, 2015

catcherintherye said:
It has shown a stealy resolve to get rid of him and indicates to me Martinez won't be as willing to keep older players "favourites" as Moyes was which has to be a positive thing.

you know, besides the 2nd worst keeper in the Europe...

davek · June 11, 2015

catcherintherye said:
Of all the names I am pleased Alcaraz was one. I happen to agree with Martinez that some people are overly harsh on him due to him playing for Wigan. I would stop short at saying it was a conspiracy though!
But Alcaraz was a bit of a litmus test for me. He is ageing and past it. The cautious thing to do would have been to keep him here, stopping the progression of younger players. It has shown a stealy resolve to get rid of him and indicates to me Martinez won't be as willing to keep older players "favourites" as Moyes was which has to be a positive thing.

I agree mate. He brought him here on a free and Martinez would obviously have felt a responsibility toward him given old associations. I wouldn't call it ruthless, but I'd say he's been strong there in casting him one side the moment his contract ran out.

kithnou · June 11, 2015

davek said:
I agree mate. He brought him here on a free and Martinez would obviously have felt a responsibility toward him given old associations. I wouldn't call it ruthless, but I'd say he's been strong there in casting him one side the moment his contract ran out.

I'll just pick myself up off the floor then