Webbo Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 He's got 2or 3 years left as a top player, then maybe 1 or 2 more milking his reputation. After that how's he going to earn a living? He's got to make much money as he can now to keep him in a good lifestyle for the rest of his life. So I wouldn't blame him. That said, I'm sure he'll sign a big new contract in the new year.
Izzy Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 He's got 2or 3 years left as a top player, then maybe 1 or 2 more milking his reputation. After that how's he going to earn a living? He's got to make much money as he can now to keep him in a good lifestyle for the rest of his life. So I wouldn't blame him. That said, I'm sure he'll sign a big new contract in the new year. That's a good point. I obviously don't know him personally, but he doesn't strike me as the type who will go into the media or management (I could be wrong!) Maybe he'll do what the old skool footballers did when they retire, and go and open a pub
CollinsLCFC Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 It could all depend on where we will end up at the end of the season.. He could be playing European football next season, get another contract..
Kitchandro Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 He's financially secure for the rest of his life anyway. If a massive club wants to pay huge money to get him then I can't begrudge him leaving. However, I think with the Euros coming up, it would not be wise to move before the summer. He's on a roll and he needs to keep it that way.I'd like to think due to his age there won't be enough interest to see us let him him go.
BrummieFOX Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 In my opinion the only reason he'd leave would be money or the chance to play at a much higher level. For once (and other Prem teams are finding this (Everton with Stones)) we don't need to give in to the big clubs and sell off our best players to survive. We could quite easily turn down a huge offer for him and also pretty much match what other clubs would be willing to pay him. I'm convinced he won't go in January, but come the end of the season, if we have a big drop off and finish around 12th (completely plausible), I certainly wouldn't begrudge him a move to Spurs for example.
Captain... Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 No matter what age you are you soon get used to the money you earn. He will want the nice house, cars, holidays, lifestyle, etc. Not necessarily, if you have ever been skint you appreciate the money you have when you have it, and when you are earning a lot of money you tend to be a lot more sensible with it, because you know it won't last for ever. Admittedly I've never earned the money Vardy has, but I've had some very lucrative contracts, and been absolutely skint. Perspective and a young family will hopefully mean that he is sensible with his fortune. Especially if you've got "WAG" spending it like it's going out of fashion... She doesn't seem like that sort of a WAG, they've been together a while haven't they? She seems fairly down to earth considering some of the WAGs out there. That's a good point. I obviously don't know him personally, but he doesn't strike me as the type who will go into the media or management (I could be wrong!) Maybe he'll do what the old skool footballers did when they retire, and go and open a pub He has his academy, and he has time to work on his media career if he wants one, nobody thought Savage or Claridge would have successful media careers.
Kitchandro Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 I don't buy this big club nonsense. Huddersfield were a big club. So were Wolves, Preston and Burnley. Who cares what you can say in twenty, thirty years time that you played for Liverpool or Manchester United. Liverpool haven't won the league in years. Man United are only up there because they send everyone to sleep and get the odd goal. We're playing the most exciting football in our history with the best team I've ever seen. Where would he fit in? Nowhere plays his style. Liverpool aren't like Huddersfield or Burnley though, they'll always have a huge fanbase and so will always be a big club. If he wants Champions League football or a league title I couldn't blame him for going (obviously not to Liverpool necessarily!) My hope is we splash the cash in January and improve the squad, rather than waiting for our best players to leave so that we have to find expensive replacements and start all over again building a team. This is our only chance to try and break into that top 4 so if there's any chance, however slim, of doing that this season let's give our best players a reason to stay. Strike while the iron's hot.
Izzy Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 Not necessarily, if you have ever been skint you appreciate the money you have when you have it, and when you are earning a lot of money you tend to be a lot more sensible with it, because you know it won't last for ever. Admittedly I've never earned the money Vardy has, but I've had some very lucrative contracts, and been absolutely skint. Perspective and a young family will hopefully mean that he is sensible with his fortune. She doesn't seem like that sort of a WAG, they've been together a while haven't they? She seems fairly down to earth considering some of the WAGs out there. He has his academy, and he has time to work on his media career if he wants one, nobody thought Savage or Claridge would have successful media careers. Claridge hasn't really had a successful media career has he? Savage has surprised me though. He's the last person I'd have expected to become a pundit. Maybe there's hope for Vardy after all.
Guest Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 Vardy strikes me as a genuine footballer. While I'm sure he'd enjoy a big pay rise and being at a world class club as much as anyone, I doubt he'd sacrifice the quality and value of his football for either of those. Wherever he goes he'll want both a real opportunity to play, and a realistic challenge to push himself. I don't think the big clubs can offer that, especially not long-term.
st albans fox Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 40k a week for four years is not going to set him up for life. He has a family. Private schools for 14 years. I'm sure he would like a holiday home in the med and the states. whoever thinks 80k a year for the rest of your life when you are now used to a million or more is living in cloud cuckoo land. he can demand a four year deal yielding 16 mill. (80 k /week) Whether we can commit to that remains unknown. I have a feeling we may not want to. Three years, perhaps. he is a professional and he really does love playing every week. But he can look at a long list of players whose career was cut short by injury. He has to make the right decision for his family before himself.
Frank to be Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 I think we'll match whatever anyone else is likely to offer him in the next couple of years so money shouldn't be an issue. If he goes I think he'll say it's because he wants to win trophies.
goose2010 Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 40k a week for four years is not going to set him up for life. He has a family. Private schools for 14 years. I'm sure he would like a holiday home in the med and the states. whoever thinks 80k a year for the rest of your life when you are now used to a million or more is living in cloud cuckoo land. he can demand a four year deal yielding 16 mill. (80 k /week) Whether we can commit to that remains unknown. I have a feeling we may not want to. Three years, perhaps. he is a professional and he really does love playing every week. But he can look at a long list of players whose career was cut short by injury. He has to make the right decision for his family before himself. I'm pretty sure that the financial advisors that the players with have and wealth management team employed will advise them what to do with their money. We will offer him 60 I think at the end of the season and add another year or two to his currant contract. If he doesn't except it then fair play sell him for as much as possible and let him go, I don't think anyone at Leicester wold mind him going as long as its a bigger club.
MPH Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 My Best Guess at JV's Thinking: JV is very happy right now - playing brilliantly in a successful team, breaking records and representing his country. He also feels loyal to LCFC, who gave him his big break. However, he's almost 29, and knows that realistically he has around 4 years before things start to slow down. He's aware that 'bigger clubs' are sniffing around, and if he moves he could get a contract that would give him financial security for the rest of his life, along with Champions League football. The big question going through his mind in not 'Should I move?', but 'When should I move?'. His biggest fear is that the goals dry up and 'bigger clubs' lose interest. He's decided to stay in January, but he'll expect a much improved contract from LCFC (doubling his money from say £40,000pw to say £80,000pw). He's 90% certain he'll leave in the summer, when he'll be open to offers, and he's confident that LCFC won't stand in his way. What's your perception? Personally think if you stay out of casinos, then a 40k a week contract for 4 years should be more than enough to set you up for life. Most people dont even earn that in a year.
Kitchandro Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 40k a week for four years is not going to set him up for life. He has a family. Private schools for 14 years. I'm sure he would like a holiday home in the med and the states. whoever thinks 80k a year for the rest of your life when you are now used to a million or more is living in cloud cuckoo land. he can demand a four year deal yielding 16 mill. (80 k /week) Whether we can commit to that remains unknown. I have a feeling we may not want to. Three years, perhaps. he is a professional and he really does love playing every week. But he can look at a long list of players whose career was cut short by injury. He has to make the right decision for his family before himself. Liking a holiday home in the states and living comfortably for the rest of your life are different things. You can piss any amount of money up the wall. £40K a week (assuming that's all he'd ever get here) is more than enough to be secure financially for the rest of your life. That's near to £150K a year. That's a pretty serious wage.
nnfox Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 40k a week for four years is not going to set him up for life. He has a family. Private schools for 14 years. I'm sure he would like a holiday home in the med and the states. whoever thinks 80k a year for the rest of your life when you are now used to a million or more is living in cloud cuckoo land. he can demand a four year deal yielding 16 mill. (80 k /week) Whether we can commit to that remains unknown. I have a feeling we may not want to. Three years, perhaps. he is a professional and he really does love playing every week. But he can look at a long list of players whose career was cut short by injury. He has to make the right decision for his family before himself. 40k per week for one year is much more than most people earn in a lifetime! He will have financial advisers taking care of him. As with all sports stars, their life is a little back to front in that most people generally earn more year on year and when they retire at 65 or whatever, they are on their biggest wage. Sports stars do it the other way around but they plan for a long retirement. If he only earns 40k per week until he is 33 and then stops playing, he will be just fine. And if he finds himself a bit short at the end of the month he will always have options like coaching, tv, he can write a book or whatever. I think he should stay. He loves playing football too much to go and sit on the bench elsewhere.
Gerard Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 I'm pretty sure that the financial advisors that the players with have and wealth management team employed will advise them what to do with their money. We will offer him 60 I think at the end of the season and add another year or two to his currant contract. If he doesn't except it then fair play sell him for as much as possible and let him go, I don't think anyone at Leicester wold mind him going as long as its a bigger club. If we're not prepared to offer someone who say got 25 PL goals in a season more than £60k a week we'll go absolutely nowhere as a club.
Captain... Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 Claridge hasn't really had a successful media career has he? Savage has surprised me though. He's the last person I'd have expected to become a pundit. Maybe there's hope for Vardy after all. He's been employed by the BBC for around a decade and contributes to other media outlets, such as the Guardian, others have been more successful, but 10 years isn't bad. If we're not prepared to offer someone who say got 25 PL goals in a season more than £60k a week we'll go absolutely nowhere as a club. I had to laugh when it was reported that none of our players will get a bonus for finishing in the CL places as nobody thought to put it in the contract. Wonder if they have a Europa League qualification bonus? May see a drop in form towards the end to guarantee Europa league bonus
foxfanazer Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 Can't see a deal being struck due to his value to us far outweighing his market value. He's irreplaceable for us so we'd be stupid to accept anything around the £20m mark. I just hope it doesn't get ugly between JV and the club as he's been magnificent for us and the fans love him
Fox92 Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 We both need each other. I've said it before that we wouldn't be able to replace him. It's not just about his goalscoring but his high tempo, hardwork and never say die attitude not only optimizes this current squad but it's vital for us. Defending from the front, as they say, Vardy optimizes that and we wouldn't find another striker like him. In terms of Vardy, if he keeps up this form all season then there will be clubs looking lets not kid ourselves. You only have to look at how clubs were linked with the likes of Ings and Austin. 15/+ a season strikers are hard to find for the top level. I wouldn't deny Vardy and opportunity of playing for a bigger club, at the end of the day it's his decision and we shouldn't stand in his way as a club and I don't think we would, but he has to consider everything he has here - he's a key player in the team, probably first name on the teamsheet, absolutely loved by the fanbase and probably his team mates too - would he want to 'start over' (as such). But lets see where he and we end up this season first.
possiblygeorge Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 Money isn't, and won't be, an issue is this 'dilemma'. We have enough money to throw at him, whether he wants to accept it as a club like us is up to him. Whether he wants to take a massive gamble (IMO) and land himself at another 'big' club it's entirely in his hands. Finances isn't a factor, we can easily match offers and then some. Look at it this way, he won't score in a eleven consecutive matches at any other Club.
ThaiFox Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 I see the Vardy situation in a similar way to Lambert. Lambert was a hero at Southampton, scoring goals, picked for England, but getting on a bit. He signed for Liverpool, wasted his time sitting on his ass, with the odd full game, but mainly a sub. Now he's at WBA who are a smaller club than Southampton and still not getting regular games! If JV goes to Man Utd, his career may go the same way and he'll end up playing for a Burnley, Bournmouth or Watford. But by then he'll be two years older and again could mainly be used as a sub. I fully understand anyone wanting to better their career, but the grass is usually not greener on the other side. He is now on the way to be a legend here, someone who will be talked about for years. The only reason he should leave is for massive money. For me, £40k a week is pretty good money anyway, plus he'll get bonus payments, England payments (look how Lambert's England career went south after he joined Liverpool) plus I remember our owners gave the players a huge bonus for avoiding relegation and no doubt there will be huge incentives for a higher league position this season. Then there is the boot deals and other sponsorship deals he'll get if he's a regular player. No-one wants to sponsor a bit part has been for long.
americanfox Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 Give Vardy a bumper deal (http://www.espnfc.com/club/leicester-city/375/blog/post/2736979/premier-league-surprises-history-bodes-poorly-for-leicester), give Mahrez a bumper deal (he'll probably leave deservedly to a "big club" soon enough, but bump his wages nonetheless), and improve the squad. Easy.
UPinCarolina Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 Pay the man his money, make him happy and let him grow old with a club who will canonize him when he retires. I'm sure he would rather be a legend in Leicester than an afterthought in Manchester.
bluebeau Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 IMO there is a vast difference in the situations between Vardy & Mahrez. I agree with most of what has been said by posters regarding JV, but I can see Mahrez has a very real chance of leaving City by the end of this season. Unlike JV, he will be a huge attraction to foreign football clubs & he will fit in well. However I don't see JV moving abroad, his style of play wouldn't work in Spain etc. I would like to see the Thai owners award Jamie a decent pay rise & a contract extension, then it wouldn't surprise me to see him stay. The other thing that he needs is a new partner up front as we can't rely on him get us goals every time he plays. Apart from him & Marhrez, we don't have anyone ales that is scoring goals. PS how do so many posters know that he is on £40k a week?
Izzy Posted 3 December 2015 Posted 3 December 2015 He's been employed by the BBC for around a decade and contributes to other media outlets, such as the Guardian, others have been more successful, but 10 years isn't bad. Claridge http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p033tk0r
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