John Stones transfer saga

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I wouldn't be putting any release clause in his contract at all. He has 4 years left on his contract, there is no chance of us losing him for under what we think his value is anytime soon. He should be offered an extension with a pay rise that reflects his importance to us and that's it, no release clauses.
 
I wouldn't be putting any release clause in his contract at all. He has 4 years left on his contract, there is no chance of us losing him for under what we think his value is anytime soon. He should be offered an extension with a pay rise that reflects his importance to us and that's it, no release clauses.

We'll have to put a clause in mate. Doubt he'd sign one without. It's insurance for both parties.

*in the event that this turns out to be remotely true
 

I hope City come in now and bang £40M on the table and piss Mourinho and Chelsea right off.

There is rumours United are sniffing.

They won't mess about and throw £35mill at him first bid.

Either way, we're getting £30mill for him which is great business for a 20 year old who cost £3mill
 
There is rumours United are sniffing.

They won't mess about and throw £35mill at him first bid.

Either way, we're getting £30mill for him which is great business for a 20 year old who cost £3mill

Even at £30M that'd be a massive price for a player who still has a lot of skills to acquire.

In a perfect world we'd keep him and add to the number of young players comfortable on the ball. However, because of who owns us we cant afford to turn down that kind of cash for a player at his stage of development.

The bottom line for me is that Stones is very good but hyped up beyond belief. At last we're the club getting the benefit from the media bubble surrounding the next big thing.

Let's put it this way (and I'm no massive admirer of him) but if I were given the choice of retaining Stones or Jagielka I'd go with Jagielka every single time. We'll replace Stones with a very good CB.
 

We'll have to put a clause in mate. Doubt he'd sign one without. It's insurance for both parties.

*in the event that this turns out to be remotely true

There is nothing for us to gain if we put in a release clause. If he didn't have long left on his contract and wouldn't sign without one then yes, put one in like Aston Villa did with Delph, but we don't need to do that because we are in the position of power.

4 years on his contract or 5 makes very little difference. He should be greatful that is getting a new contract a year after signing a 5 year deal. We could keep him for 2 years and then sell him for big money and keep him on low wages if we wanted to.

Assuming that the completely unfounded rumour is true of course.
 
There is rumours United are sniffing.

They won't mess about and throw £35mill at him first bid.

Either way, we're getting £30mill for him which is great business for a 20 year old who cost £3mill

With respect, in a climate where Raheem Sterling is sold for £49m and David Luiz goes for £50m, I'd say that would be woefully bad business.

We are under no pressure to sell. None at all. We hang on until bids stop coming in (and keep only our 2nd senior CB) OR we wait for silly money of £50m plus. To do otherwise is to sacrifice sound business acumen on the altar of a fast buck.
 
Block.....us guys are serving a life sentence.

No matter what happens, no matter who comes and goes.......you, me and everyone else on here ain't walking away.

;)

Aye you're right Khal, would just like the board to realise that loyal as we are and always will be, we can still be hurt.
 
I dunno, 100 million tv deal, do we really need to cash in?, I'd give him a big pay rise and tell Chelsea and man u that we're coming for them, then put in a 20 million bid for cahill
 

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