Player contract expiry dates

[Lloydystark]

6 Expiring 2021
Bolasie
Besic
Pennington
Connolly
Bowler
Olsen

10 Expiring 2022
James
Sigurdsson
Bernard
Tosun
Delph
Coleman
Kenny
Lossl
Baningime
Gibson

7 Expiring 2023
Digne
Mina
Davies
Branthwaite
Nkounkou
Allan
Doucoure

7 Expiring 2024
Virginia
Richarlison
Pickford
Iwobi
Kean
Gbamin
Gomes

5 Expiring 2025
Calvert-Lewin
Holgate
Gordon
Keane
Godfrey


I am really looking forward to summer 2022

James an option of a 3rd year too ain’t it?

 

[Zatara]

James an option of a 3rd year too ain’t it?

Correct

 

[Saint Domingo]

I just can’t believe we gave Michael Keane another 5 year contract. Ok sure it’s good business sense but it’s not good footballing sense.

 

[Zatara]

Hopefully a few of the guys whose contracts expire this and the following summer can be punted in Jan.

If we keep James, Coleman and perhaps Gibson thats 13 players moving on...

Big changes coming...


6 Expiring 2021
Bolasie
Besic
Pennington
Connolly
Bowler
Olsen

10 Expiring 2022
James
Sigurdsson
Bernard
Tosun
Delph
Coleman
Kenny
Lossl
Baningime
Gibson

7 Expiring 2023
Digne
Mina
Davies
Branthwaite
Nkounkou
Allan
Doucoure

7 Expiring 2024
Virginia
Richarlison
Pickford
Iwobi
Kean
Gbamin
Gomes

5 Expiring 2025
Calvert-Lewin
Holgate
Gordon
Keane
Godfrey

 

[ToffeeTim]

I just can’t believe we gave Michael Keane another 5 year contract. Ok sure it’s good business sense but it’s not good footballing sense.

He's our only capable defender so it makes an awful lot of sense.

 

[ClausThomsen]

He’s our highest earner, pure profit on a fee and more or less a bench player, all making him low hanging fruit.

He’s been a poor signing really, might be hard to shift him though.

Settling up early to get him out the door will cut massively into any fee as nobody is gonna come close to the deal he's getting here. No profit with that fella.

 

[Saint Domingo]

He's our only capable defender so it makes an awful lot of sense.

Id have any of Holgate Godfrey or even Mina starting over him. I think Mina is poor also. The pairing of Mina and Keane limit so much of how we can play. They have to sit deep to cover their lack of pace and their distribution is woeful. Watching other teams play a high line and their centrebacks switching play with ease shows how far off the level we are.

 

[Zatara]

Id have any of Holgate Godfrey or even Mina starting over him. I think Mina is poor also. The pairing of Mina and Keane limit so much of how we can play. They have to sit deep to cover their lack of pace and their distribution is woeful. Watching other teams play a high line and their centrebacks switching play with ease shows how far off the level we are.

Godfrey / Holgate for me in a 2.

Mina i prefer to keane but he must be sold with Keane getting 5 more years

Branthwaite as 4th choice...

 

[messymascot]

Godfrey / Holgate for me in a 2.

Mina i prefer to keane but he must be sold with Keane getting 5 more years

Branthwaite as 4th choice...

I would like to see Holgate Godfrey but I think Keane is nailed on. To be fair he hasn't done anything wrong but I think we aren't physical enough when Keane plays alongside Holgate and not enough pace when he plays alongside Mina. Maybe Keane Godfrey might work as he is stronger than Holgate and quicker than Mina.

 

[LABlue2]

Hopefully a few of the guys whose contracts expire this and the following summer can be punted in Jan.

If we keep James, Coleman and perhaps Gibson thats 13 players moving on...

Big changes coming...


6 Expiring 2021
Bolasie
Besic
Pennington
Connolly
Bowler
Olsen

10 Expiring 2022
James
Sigurdsson
Bernard
Tosun
Delph
Coleman
Kenny
Lossl
Baningime
Gibson

7 Expiring 2023
Digne
Mina
Davies
Branthwaite
Nkounkou
Allan
Doucoure

7 Expiring 2024
Virginia
Richarlison
Pickford
Iwobi
Kean
Gbamin
Gomes

5 Expiring 2025
Calvert-Lewin
Holgate
Gordon
Keane
Godfrey

It's really not big changes coming unfortunately. You're talking about getting rid of 5 bench players and 8 players who never see the field. It won't change our starting XI. List below.

Sigurdsson
Bernard
Tosun
Delph
Kenny

Bolasie
Besic
Pennington
Connolly
Bowler
Olsen
Lossl
Baningime

 

[Zatara]

It's really not big changes coming unfortunately. You're talking about getting rid of 5 bench players and 8 players who never see the field. It won't change our starting XI. List below.

Sigurdsson
Bernard
Tosun
Delph
Kenny

Bolasie
Besic
Pennington
Connolly
Bowler
Olsen
Lossl
Baningime

If those 13 players leave the club then were left with 21.

GK: Pickford / Virginia
RB: Coleman
RCB: Mina / Keane / Godfrey
LCB: Branthwaite / Holgate
LB: Digne / Nkounkou
CM: Davies / Allan / Doucoure / Gbamin / Gomes
LF: Richarlison / Gordon
RF: Iwobi / James
CF: Kean / DCL


Those 13 players out may release £600k+ a week in wages.

Totally hypothetically, imagine adding 4 star players to the 21 above. Thats what £600k a week pays for.

Thats before a single sale of any players.

This is going to be a big opportunity for us.

 

[Sharpattack]

Can't believe Besic is still here?

 

[WA Toffee]

Godfrey / Holgate for me in a 2.

Mina i prefer to keane but he must be sold with Keane getting 5 more years

Branthwaite as 4th choice...

The problem with that is that they are both still learning their trade. A young centre back needs to be paired with someone more experienced to help bring them through. Holgate isn't anywhere near experienced enough to mentor Godfrey

 

[The Binman]

Just a thread to show when contracts elapse.

The reason why Ive been saying that we have to sell 15/16 players is because in 2021 8 contracts expire and 2022 11 contracts expire. Almost all of these players wont be extended and so its better to move them on now for a transfer or loan to generate some fees and save wages.


8 Expiring 2021
Walcott
Bolasie
Sandro
Besic
Pennington
Virginia
Connolly
Bowler

11 Expiring 2022
Keane
Sigurdsson
Bernard
Tosun
Delph
Coleman
Kenny
Lossl
Branthwaite
Bamingime
Gibson

5 Expiring 2023
Digne
Mina
Davies
Gordon
Nkounkou

6 Expiring 2024
Richarlison
Pickford
Iwobi
Kean
Gbamin
Gomes

2 Expiring 2025
Calvert-Lewin
Holgate


Brands has stated that his ideal squad size is 23 players. It will be much changed by 2022.

Interesting, in the first highlighted 24contracts, I'd only want to keep defo 3, maybe 4. The rest shouldn't even be at our club. How in the f. have we signed so many duds. It's embarrassing how exceptionally bad we are at choosing players, not only for our club, but to fit the teams we try to build.

 

[DanEFC92]

Bolasie's reign of terror is near its end