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Player Valuation: £25m
This is interesting and could help us in a change in direction, looking at what you're all debating about a renewal or not.
I agree that if we want to promote new levels of achievement and effort, we have to award new contracts more carefully, to certain age groups.
Under 25s with potential we have to secure and probably because they have more options, we might have to reward and renegotiate early
Over 25s only if they're a great fit, indispensible or on an upward curve
In the past few years renewals to Mirallas and others have really left us so confused, unless they were to somehow increase their resale value?!
In the case of Keane, I want him to be better, show his potential and be a consistent, solid performer. It's also worth noting that he must have developed a good relationship with Mina and Holgate in the last 2 years, even if they haven't played well and played a lot together - its hard to integrate a central defender easily. So I would rather keep him cos I can't see £25m buying anyone similar. However, he has shown one half season of solid improvement. So I would tell him - show this again for another 6 months and we'll renegotiate and consider an extension.
That would be great to try and change the approach of automatic, large contracts and generous renewals.
It's tough though, even Man City, Liverpool, even the other CL clubs around Europe are to an extent held to ransom by the players and agents, so at our current level, players don't have to wait for us. Just wish we could create an ethic that you only get good contracts if you work hard and improve.
I agree that if we want to promote new levels of achievement and effort, we have to award new contracts more carefully, to certain age groups.
Under 25s with potential we have to secure and probably because they have more options, we might have to reward and renegotiate early
Over 25s only if they're a great fit, indispensible or on an upward curve
In the past few years renewals to Mirallas and others have really left us so confused, unless they were to somehow increase their resale value?!
In the case of Keane, I want him to be better, show his potential and be a consistent, solid performer. It's also worth noting that he must have developed a good relationship with Mina and Holgate in the last 2 years, even if they haven't played well and played a lot together - its hard to integrate a central defender easily. So I would rather keep him cos I can't see £25m buying anyone similar. However, he has shown one half season of solid improvement. So I would tell him - show this again for another 6 months and we'll renegotiate and consider an extension.
That would be great to try and change the approach of automatic, large contracts and generous renewals.
It's tough though, even Man City, Liverpool, even the other CL clubs around Europe are to an extent held to ransom by the players and agents, so at our current level, players don't have to wait for us. Just wish we could create an ethic that you only get good contracts if you work hard and improve.