You are so spot on mate, agree completely. We love a bit of effort etc, but if you aren’t posting close to double figures for goals or assists or unlocking and changing games you can forget about a salary of 100k, Maddison for examp,e is on 110k, he’s worth that, Odengaard 80k, that’s the type of company contract wise he’s asking for comparatively, no where near that level.
To my mind if he gets one we have three players on over 100k Mina, Gomes and then Iwobi. None should be the future of this club. Iwobi has been great, but if you rewind back 24 months and the players that were available he’s not starting over the likes of say Jamo or Sigurrdson, he’s our best player through default of having to sell or get rid of better ones.
He’s a good honest pro, playing very well and has in the short term of months, but he’s not a 100k a week player, nor has he been worth 11 mill a season to us. It’s a bad decision baking that in for another five years. I look at it the same as Gomes who did it for a year, earned a fortune then never again and we are stuck with him. Keep by all means but in less and for shorter. We have to stop the gravy train and handing out career contracts, to players who haven’t done it over time or have the potential to regress.