There is no way in hell Youri would have signed a six year deal under the wages we would’ve been proposing. Players WANT to be out of contract to get the signing on fee and to renegotiate. It’s fanciful to suggest that players would do that.
The contract lengths were fine, it was performance on the pitch that was the issue. Missing Champions League twice the way we did absolutely scuppered a lot of paths to PSR success.