Current Player Contract Situation

[fuchsntf]

2 hours ago, davieG said:

True but after a while this topic will disappear down the pages, in fact it's only me and you keeping it near the top 

Yeh agree..one last post Then I am doing a runner..forgetting contracts and supporting the guys behind the badge,and not Agents signature..

All slates wiped clean from Sunday..

[Beachyboy]

3 hours ago, fuchsntf said:

Your like Fagan,or Scrooge..counting what money you can collect not understanding in this case,they can help to fill the coffers by not having to buy unknowns..And at present there is not one presumptuous fan,who knows which players Enzo wants to keep has immediate rotation...All the talk is from clickbait media,and know-Alls on this forum trying to pre-guess manager & club descisions..You all are creating presumptuous stories,then demanding they are fact...Neither the club or manager have issued any definite player movement,it's only coming from prescripted clickbait media..

 

I'll wait until transfer window is closed and who Enzo selects in his first 1-5 games ,team&bench upto 18 players..

That when I will throw my £'s worth in

on who Enzo sees/wants at the forefront producing & presenting his

Tactics and preparing the present squad...for our new challenge & adventure...

 

One reason we have miserable FT fans is non of their guesses or assumptions 

Come to frutation,they are more concerned in pressing in sometime the right buttons,instead of sitting back & just enjoying our new story & what we offer on the football-pitch..

 

 

It's clear players that are good technically, players that can play multiple positions and also players that have a good football brain will be valued. My favourite player is Iheanacho so if he can find use for him, or somehow turn Ndidi into an attacking midfielder, I'm all for it, it just seems unlikely but time will tell.

[fuchsntf]

2 minutes ago, Beachyboy said:

It's clear players that are good technically, players that can play multiple positions and also players that have a good football brain will be valued. My favourite player is Iheanacho so if he can find use for him, or somehow turn Ndidi into an attacking midfielder, I'm all for it, it just seems unlikely but time will tell.

He might turn Nacho into a box to box DM & Ndidi into suprise formidable striker...Now there's a thing to get us all talking..

[Sly]

We’ve got a lot of work to do on the contract front.

 

Just looking at where we are at the moment, I can potentially see a lot more upheaval in January, with the wage bill coming down even more. We’ve so many players entering the last 6 months of contracts, that it wouldn’t surprise me if we move a few on.

 

30th June 2024	30th June 2025	30th June 2026	30th June 2027	30th June 2028
Marc Albrighton	Danny Ward	Conor Coady	Wout Faes	Harry Souttar
Jannik Vestergaard	Daniel Iversen	Ricardo Pereira	Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	Mads Hermansen
Dennis Praet		Harry Winks	Hamza Choudhury	Victor Kristiansen
Jamie Vardy		Boubakary Soumaré
Wilfred Ndidi		Patson Daka
Kelechi Iheanacho		James Justin
Luke Thomas		Stephy Mavididi
Wanya Marçal		Sammy Braybooke
Callum Doyle		Kasey Mcateer
Ceser Casadei		Will Alves
Yunus Akgun
Issahaku Fatawu
Alex Smithies

 

The ones I’ve highlighted in Green, I think we need to ensure we retain for next season.

 

The ones in orange, it wouldn’t surprise me if they went in January or at the end of the season.

 

Vardy, Praet, Thomas and Albrighton will all be gone come July either way I’d imagine. 
 

If we can’t get Ndidi and Iheanacho to sign new contracts, we may try and sell in January. 
 

Souttar and Daka just aren’t featured and were heavily touted as wanting out. We will be set for another the round of that shortly. 

 

Either way, it’ll be a different squad again next season but that allows us to gain more people that are comfortable the ball under this system. It’ll also be interesting to see where the likes of Braybooke and Alves fit in. 
 

 

[Foxmeister]

On 21/07/2023 at 12:00, Freeman's Wharfer said:

Got to be the next priority after the ins and outs of this summer. For the likes of Thomas, Choudhury and Marcal either sign a new deal or we’re shipping you out late in the window/January.

 

Another Rudkin shocker that someone who is a highly sellable asset like Thomas - young, English, plenty of premier league experience, honours to his name - could walk for nothing.

It's a 2 way street, if we offer silly money to get them to extend Rudkin would get it in the neck for that too.

[SafewayFox]

Please no more Vesty to be offered a new contract.

 

How 95% of opposition sides this season will respect us and not put any quality pressure on the back line.

 

Whilst in the PL, even the lower table sides would offer the same respect.

 

The thought of Jannik running towards his goal, having to defend against a pacy/physical striker still makes me very uneasy.

[Gazza M]

Just shows what a shocking bit of business the Jan window was. Souttar and VK on 5 year deals. Neither really in the managers plans already. 

Edited 7 November 2023 by Gazza M

[OntarioFox]

2 hours ago, SafewayFox said:

Please no more Vesty to be offered a new contract.

 

How 95% of opposition sides this season will respect us and not put any quality pressure on the back line.

 

Whilst in the PL, even the lower table sides would offer the same respect.

 

The thought of Jannik running towards his goal, having to defend against a pacy/physical striker still makes me very uneasy.

In this system I wouldn't mind giving him a year's extension in January to play backup e.g. in the cup and if injuries to others occur. I expect Souttar to move on, so that only really leaves Faes and Coady as out-and-out CB options. Agree that we should be looking for someone more mobile to replace him though.

 

Depends if he'd want to do that after being frozen out once before. His performances this season are surely putting him in the shop window for some sides, so I imagine behind the scenes we're weighing up whether an extension would make sense purely so we can get a fee. There are probably teams in other European leagues that can see his skillset would work in a slower paced league, or he might even acknowledge that this is his level and be willing to go to another relegated side like a Sheff United or a Burnley.

Edited 7 November 2023 by OntarioFox

[RonnieTodger]

Didn’t Thomas sign another year as part of his loan deal? A bit like Hamza’s loan last year. 

[UniFox21]

Assume Wilf will be off 

[moore_94]

1 minute ago, RonnieTodger said:

Didn’t Thomas sign another year as part of his loan deal? A bit like Hamza’s loan last year. 

No but he has a one year option that we will use

[ClaphamFox]

4 hours ago, Gazza M said:

Just shows what a shocking bit of business the Jan window was. Souttar and VK on 5 year deals. Neither really in the managers plans already. 

Both are decent players. We didn't know last January that we'd be relegated and appoint Maresca, and that he wouldn't favour Souttar and that VK would refuse to learn a new role. They were sensible signings at the time.

[Gazza M]

7 hours ago, ClaphamFox said:

Both are decent players. We didn't know last January that we'd be relegated and appoint Maresca, and that he wouldn't favour Souttar and that VK would refuse to learn a new role. They were sensible signings at the time.

Can't remember Dean Smith rating them either, both were non starters from April time. 

[Lambert09]

the vestergarde situation is the most complex for sure.  If it was just one year longer we’d get to see if he can cut it in this system in the prem. But at this age he’d be looking for 3 years and i’m not sure id want us to commit to that. 

 

 

[sacreblueits442]

17 hours ago, Gazza M said:

Just shows what a shocking bit of business the Jan window was. Souttar and VK on 5 year deals. Neither really in the managers plans already. 

...if we stuck with Smth we would have had a use for them, the fact we switched to Maresca's passing game is why they are surplus!!!

Unless we understood Maresca was coming here, then it was not a poor choice.

[volpeazzurro]

13 hours ago, Gazza M said:

Can't remember Dean Smith rating them either, both were non starters from April time. 

I hardly think Smith was the barometer of wise decisions and team selections. He kept picking Tielemans to our detriment for a start off.

[Collymore]

If we go up, We'll need to invest so much in the squad that Winks will become a squad player. Faes and Vesty should not even be third choice next season. 

[jmono84]

I can’t see any of the old crop of players being offered new contracts because I bet they’re getting paid too much and wouldn’t want to sign a new lesser contract.

I’m surprised Hamza was given a new 4 year contract but maybe he’s earning less now but was happy to sign because of the long deal.

[Delphine]

Does someone know Fatawu has an buy option or not? 

[GingerrrFox]

1 minute ago, Delphine said:

Does someone know Fatawu has a buy option or not? 

If we get promotion we have an obligation to buy him outright. 

[Delphine]

4 minutes ago, GingerrrFox said:

If we get promotion we have an obligation to buy him outright. 

Ok so it means we have made Almost Same Deal with Yunus and Fatawu. Do you know how much of Fatawu? 

[coolhandfox]

2 hours ago, Collymore said:

If we go up, We'll need to invest so much in the squad that Winks will become a squad player. Faes and Vesty should not even be third choice next season. 

Winks will still be a virtual part.

 

No chance we are going to have the money to patch all the holes in the squad.

 

If Ndidi and Nacho don't resign we need a minimum a CF, no 8 and a LCB, that's 40m to 60m gone.

 

We also have a obligation to buy Futuwa and Akgun if we go up and they play enough games. If you believe the figures quoted that already 23m committed as well.

 

So I don't see us looking to replace Winks.

[coolhandfox]

42 minutes ago, Delphine said:

Ok so it means we have made Almost Same Deal with Yunus and Fatawu. Do you know how much of Fatawu? 

€17m I've seen quoted and €10m for Yunus.

Edited 8 November 2023 by coolhandfox

[Delphine]

7 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

€17m I've seen quoted and €10m for Yunus.

I think for Yunus has 2 different options. One is 10 the other is 8.If he starts 25 game as fırst eleven and  plus promotion but If he cannot play 25 games but still a promotion it reduce 8 million. 

[Mark]

21 hours ago, Lambert09 said:

the vestergarde situation is the most complex for sure.  If it was just one year longer we’d get to see if he can cut it in this system in the prem. But at this age he’d be looking for 3 years and i’m not sure id want us to commit to that. 

It'll be a repeat of Mendy, hopefully we've learnt.