h_m_boro
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Only paid £2.7m for him so it's that value v keeping him and having a good crack at the automatics.I can't see him staying. He will want a big contract, championship player of the year and top scorer would generally command one.
Think a parachute payment club, or a Lower Prem team will bid 14-18 mil and we will cash in, cant risk him walking away in 12 months for nothing.
He would be able to get a 4yr 40k + deal elsewhere id imagine and this could be his last chance for a BIG BIG contract. I'd say our absolute top whack would be about 25k.
He's supposed to be on £27k week - our top earner so just short of £1.5m year......still a decent wedge.
Since leaving Arsenal he's been nomadic, scoring a few goals a season......but he's found a home here, enjoying his football and has great respect for Carrick. Might mean something??
Or he's off to Palace for £70k week........