New Contract for Jonny Evans?

[StanSP 30,565]

 

Deserves it. 

 

Plus we need as many players as possible for next season

 

[jonthefox 4,146]

Agreed. I must admit i was in the Jonny Evans ..really? camp, but he's been excellent for us. 

[Beechey 4,450]

32 minutes ago, jonthefox said:

Agreed. I must admit i was in the Jonny Evans ..really? camp, but he's been excellent for us. 

Yeah so was I. Thought he might have a dodgy attitude after the taxi thing, and wrongfully judged him based on how WBA played and performed. The dude is quality.

[AKCJ 15,449]

Give him a 2 year deal on a Wes-like wage.

Edited 30 June 2020 by AKCJ

[Guest]

I guess he was paid above the odds salary wise because of the low fee so that may be a sticking point in negotiations. As for his play, he deserves a new contract, when you consider BR got his new one just after joining because of the team's performance, Evans should have his because the performance was largely down to him.

 

I'd offer 2 years at the same pay or 4 at reduced pay. In 4 years he'll be younger than Wes is now.

[Nicolo Barella 2,821]

An extension is in order, I'll let the club sort his wages out!

[urban.spaceman 33,463]

Just give the guy whatever he wants!

[sdb 2,819]

Looks to have another couple years in him, easily. More importantly, where the hell is Cags new deal?! 

[bovril 8,506]

He's been brilliant. One of those classy defenders you enjoy watching. 

[twister 679]

He has been brilliant as cags form has fallen off he has remained strong

 

Its a shame for him the squad have not matched his or ricardo's standards, when you consider how many of them have fallen off since january.

[Deeg67 3,099]

Astonishingly consistent.  Physical, smart, sneaky quick.  You can’t not worry about age when talking about a new contract, but I don’t think you can risk losing him either.

[StriderHiryu 18,410]

He should finish his Premier League career with us, and it could even possibly be his last deal unless he fancies a move to Celtic or the USA for a final swan song. He's basically the new Wes Morgan for us, a bit younger but one of our leaders on and off the pitch. 

 

3.5m really was one of the steals of the century. Vardy, Mahrez and Kante will always go down as legendary signings not just for us but in the world of football. But Jonny Evans was a known quantity, he'd played for Man U under Alex Ferguson! Even when the Baggies went down, he was their best player even if he had the Taxi Cab incident. For me though we might not win anything, he's made as much of an impact as Robert Huth and is probably the overall better player too. 

[hackneyfox 1,498]

5 hours ago, AKCJ said:

Give him a 2 year deal on a Wes-like wage.

I'd like to think he's earning a lot more than Wes. Hopefully Wes has accepted a pay cut as he'll hardly be playing next season.

[Fox92 12,071]

3 hours ago, bovril said:

He's been brilliant. One of those classy defenders you enjoy watching. 

Evans is the complete defender I've seen here (I only caught the back end of Elliott's career really).

 

Just wish he was younger.

 

Superb signing. One of the greatest in the club's history when you consider how much we paid for him.

[Corky 14,576]

To get a player of his quality for such a low fee was great business and timing.

 

No question he merits a new deal.

[shanetko 320]

He’s on 90k a week and is worth every penny. Hopefully he extends by an extra year.

 

Thanks to that dodgy release clause he had at WBA, he’s been incredible value.

[Unique FC 182]

Well deserved, massively underrated player. For me been our player of the season. I can not remember a bad game from him. 2 year deal is ideal as he will give great lessons to Cags, Benkovic.. Superb defender and even better person around the club. 

[Crazy Kop Corner 550]

Quietly brilliant with a few rip roaring tackles - a wonderful signing so a no brainer if we can get him to sign an extended deal.

[Dr The Singh 5,098]

Sell him for 50 mill

[Paninistickers 2,506]

I'm embarrassed to say I didn't rate him and a woeful debut v wolves cemented my opinion. 

 

Fortunately, I love being wrong. What a player. I'd go as far to say world class. An Italian style defender. No higher praise

[Guest An Sionnach]

Without his presence we would be mid- table( at best) .

[urban fox 1,695]

i too was in the Really? camp.  why would we want a past it defender who was at the heart of a woeful WBA side that had just been relegated. Assumed at £3.5M he was just going to be a backup squad player but he is the backbone of our side, one of the best reader of the game i have seen in an LCFC shirt. Not surprised only a year before there had been speculation about a big money bid coming in for him. So glad that dd not materialise (or WBA batted it into the long grass). Masterstroke by our recruitment team who it transpired had been tracking him for time waiting to leap in and trigger the release clause from under the noses of some of the big boys.

Absolutely deserves an extension and should be made captain

[ajthefox 2,598]

It's bonkers he played for such a shit West Brom team for so long and then we got him for peanuts. Could easily have been playing for a top 5/6/7 side whilst he was at WBA - how many dross defenders have Arsenal been through in the last 5 years?

 

 

[David Hankey 679]

21 hours ago, An Sionnach said:

Without his presence we would be mid- table( at best) .

Agreed, he's been a rock this season. I just wish some others would show the same passion.

[Stadt 13,299]

Genuinely I think he’s the best defender ever to play for us. There might have been better centre halves that played for us in the 60s but it was almost a different sport then. Perhaps Elliott would be in contention too but Evans is colossal, £3.5m in two instalments is a piss take.