Simon baker
Player Valuation: £10m
It's a long conversation but his pay rise...I'm not surprised but I won't be alone in thinking that. My logic (although somebody said I/we didn't understand how contracts worked) is that he is losing lots of money on a week by week basis. The longer that situation lasts the more unlikely he is to sign.
I understand the stumbling point is the release clause, so it might be resolved.
I suspect Lukaku knows how much another club are prepared to pay. We can play hard ball to a certain extent but his contract will be at that stage where if somebody meets our evaluation (£80m) then he'll be off.
Would most likely be backdated and almost cenrtianly include a massive signing on fee it suits both parties we could Pay him almost all of his next 2 years pay rise then pay him a lower basic next 2'finanicial years all due to Stcc.
Although it all looks to be fruitless