Has there been any update on McNair staying or going?

[Otto42]

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I’m certain he’s a better player than Clarke or Lenihan.
And as good as Fry and VdB have been playing.

Better pedigree than Clarke, Lenihan and Fry. Rav has potential to outshine Paddy.

 

[B_G]

He's 28 going on 29 next month so he's probably around his peak as a central defender. A bit like us with Lenihan, someone will pick him up. The difficulty is that no Championship team is likely to offer him the same wage as he's on with us, however if they need a central defender then they'll look at the savings from not paying a transfer fee.

If we didn't have him and had a central defence unit of Fry, RVDB, Lenihan and Clarke, we wouldn't put much effort into signing him, even if he was free.

To be fair it's worth is looking at what we would save on a fee bringing in a replacement.

E.g.
If it's going to cost us a £2mil fee to bring in a replacement plus £10k/week wages for 3 years. It would cost us £4.08m.

Would we be better just giving McNair £20k/week for 3 years for a cost of £3mil?

I think with the amount of upheaval that we will have in the squad and the lack of Championship experience, it might be worth trying to keep hold of Paddy. I'm not even his biggest fan but I think he's done pretty well when he's been called upon this season. He played quite a few games between October and Xmas when we were getting results.

Unless we are going out and spending on a decent upgrade, it's probably worth considering keeping him at the club if we can