IainHumewasalright Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 We may have some leniencies but we still can only increase our salaries by a certain amount each year under financial fair play. That was always going to result in some players missing out. Ulloa has already stated that he was unhappy not to start and the beginning of last season but eventually bought in to what we were trying to do. If he is unhappy about either money or contract now, then we should let him go. If we get a profit on him, all the better.....
inckley fox Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 I remember someone posting a good time ago that, if we won the title, all of the 15-16 regulars would expect improved offers on the table pretty much immediately. I suppose existing deals are for lower-end PL players, and when you win the title you naturally have access to a better deal, so it makes sense that they feel they've earned something more, regardless of how greedy that may seem to us. The whispers coming from Drinkwater suggest that we've been slow offering an improved deal for our better first team regulars, so the more fringe players like Leo are ever likely to be struggling. The problem is that we're unlikely to save much money in terms of wages by moving them on and replacing them (for that to be the policy, there would have to be far more evidence of younger, smaller-name, lower-wage players being scouted and signed up - players of the Rico Henry ilk), and neither can we allow the fracturing of the squad. Would it really have been unfeasible for us to give everybody a 'step up' in terms? I saw an estimate that Leicester may have to look at a £60 million+ addition to their wage bill over three years if they wished to do this with all of their existing players, although we could - of course - budget for the whole £60m in Year One. Considering this year's financial windfall, the absence of many big name buys for the club and the loss of Kante (meaning we're actually making a profit on our business this summer, incredibly), that's the sort of thing I'd be expecting us to do. It's either one or the other - you bring in a lot of new faces or you secure your existing personnel. If this doesn't happen, it would have to suggest that someone was a bit too busy counting their pennies.
st albans fox Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 he is two years into his contract. its time for a new one or we cash in. either he knows someone else is coming up top and he wont get much game time or he is trying to push for as big a renegotiation as he can. that's his agents job. hopefully, there is a new guy coming in. (who is a better finisher ?)
kingfox Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 No point stopping him, wherever he goes first team football will be on a plate for him, we was probably going to sign a new striker anyway so he would of been fifth choice. Very good & useful on his day but also proved very frustrating at times, £10-15 million will do.
RowlattsFox Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 Agent releases info to sky sources saying he wants to leave in the hope of getting a new contract. Leaving is not going to give him more wages is it? Surely Swansea wouldn't be paying him more than we are. Another example of being victims of our success because players now want wages which compares with top teams, we can't do that for everyone because chances are we won't be competing at that level all the time.
suffolk fox Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 More paper and media claptrap to try and de stabilize our great club. Keep bashing them they will fail. First of all, all our top players want out, Mahrez, Vardy, Kante, Drinkwater etc etc. So far we have lost one. The fact that hasn't happened so now it's oh there is disharmony in the camp players arguing re contracts, etc, etc. This, in contradiction of what Drinkwater and Morgan have said, we are a strong team spirit etc, etc. Media hacks and journalists are all doing their level best to make sure our team do not do what they did last season win the bloody thing. Now I read Everton aren't going after Scmeichel because Walsh asked them not too and they have a transfer embargo with us? Never mind the fact Schmeichel doesn't want to go why would he when we have Champions league football. Some on here now believe this crap Leo is unhappy he wants out. He, now being the hate figure along with Rudkin. Have some faith until Leo states he is unhappy then I don't believe a word of it.
Fox92 Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 1 minute ago, suffolk fox said: More paper and media claptrap to try and de stabilize our great club. Keep bashing them they will fail. First of all, all our top players want out, Mahrez, Vardy, Kante, Drinkwater etc etc. So far we have lost one. The fact that hasn't happened so now it's oh there is disharmony in the camp players arguing re contracts, etc, etc. This, in contradiction of what Drinkwater and Morgan have said, we are a strong team spirit etc, etc. Media hacks and journalists are all doing their level best to make sure our team do not do what they did last season win the bloody thing. Now I read Everton aren't going after Scmeichel because Walsh asked them not too and they have a transfer embargo with them? Never mind the fact Schmeichel doesn't want to go why would he when we have Champions league football. Some on here now believe this crap Leo is unhappy he wants out. He, now being the hate figure along with Rudkin. Have some faith until Leo states he is unhappy then I don't believe a word of it. I do agree with what you've posted there (and the media really are scummy) but there's a difference between it written in a tabloid and then it being "breaking news" for Sky, surely... I don't think we'll ever actually see Ulloa say he wants to leave publicly because that doesn't seem to happen that much anymore.
Gerard Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 Ulloa going is not a problem. Some of our fans want to hold onto everybody. It's good business to get our money back and some on a 30 year old who would be behind, Vardy, Musa, Okazaki and possibly any other striker we bought in the near future like Luan for instance. I have no problem if the club and Ranieri want to cash in on players who aren't in the first XI and replace them with younger players or players who will be in the first XI. £10m+ for Ulloa is good business by us.
inckley fox Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 1 minute ago, kingfox said: No point stopping him, wherever he goes first team football will be on a plate for him, we was probably going to sign a new striker anyway so he would of been fifth choice. Very good & useful on his day but also proved very frustrating at times, £10-15 million will do. His day came often enough, though. An effective target man is a rare commodity in football. He's a target man who's had two years in the PL, being top scorer with a decent goals return in the first, and winning the league as a squad regular - and scoring some of our most crucial goals of the campaign - in the other. He's 30 has perhaps three good seasons ahead of him, and if we were to sign a player with his credentials (and if he goes, we may well need to) then in the current market it would cost us upwards of £15m. The wages would probably also be a lot higher than those of a guy signed from the second tier, with a relegation battle in mind. Personally, I'd do my very best to keep hold of him. If he's going, then he needs to be replaced and - considering we need a bigger squad this season - we may even need to bring in more players. It seems to me that the club have under-estimated what our existing players were likely to expect upon winning the title, and perhaps even what selling clubs and prospective signings were likely to expect from newly crowned Champions.
GingerrrFox Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 Sell him for £10 million and get Balotelli in on the cheap from Liverpool. Sorted.
richardsfoxes Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 Unless we have a striker lined up for first team football i see it as bad news, who is going to want to come and sit on the bench like Ulloa most games and be a impact player who is also good enough to make a impact for 10M? - Unless we have a striker better than what we have lined up.
Fox92 Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 Just now, GingerrrFox said: Sell him for £10 million and get Balotelli in on the cheap from Liverpool. Sorted. Balotelli. What.
suffolk fox Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 13 minutes ago, MaxR said: Why say you want to leave, then travel with the squad? Christ now I am worried. Media are right, they all look bloody miserable perhaps they all want out?
RowlattsFox Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 Mario Gomez is available isn't he? If we could look at getting him in to replace then I would say thats decent business?
EnderbyFox Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 I think Shinji has just had his contract offer emailed to him as well.
PaulW Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 20 minutes ago, Foxy harry said: Time for an open letter???? Boring.
whitlock Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 Balls of steel for that WestHam penalty. Would be sad to see him go, he played his part in our success.
Fox92 Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 3 minutes ago, suffolk fox said: Christ now I am worried. Media are right, they all look bloody miserable perhaps they all want out? At least we'll have the trophy still.
Dan Posted 22 July 2016 Posted 22 July 2016 Why does the cynical side of me think this "tension at the club" is being conveniently manufactured by Sky as they see us as a threat?
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