Villa Players' Contracts

[eamonn]

Did you also steal info about the percentage of wage-cuts in our useless set of players' relegation clauses? Surely Panama has that intel.

[Ron Manager]

When you consider Robinson scores goals in the Championship it is a bit of a concern he might go this summer especially given the folly of the Bacuna deal.

He's scored two. I'd give a year or two extension but he's hardly tearing the league up.

Apart from his first spell at Preston when he was very popular with the fans he has done very little. Pity I thought he had a good chance of breaking through.

[Phil from the upper holte]

I don't think it matters, I think most will want to go anyway

[AVH87]

Gabby and Sinclair are the ones on big money we won't be able to shift.

[peter w]

I think Sinclair will be fine in the Championship.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I think Sinclair will be fine in the Championship.

Yeah, Burton Albion should put a bid in for him.

[levico]

Can't help but think that if we hadn't wasted £2m on rebranding we could have paid off at least one of these losers.

[SheffieldVillain]

Can't help but think that if we hadn't wasted £2m on rebranding we could have paid off at least one of these losers.

Apart from according to the club it cost £80k, not £2m. So basically about two weeks wages for Gabby. Nowhere near enough to pay off anyone.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-confirm-club-crest-11148401

[myf]

Hutton has gone 26 league games without a win. Let's hope he leaves 2016 rather than 2017

[curiousorange]

I've obviously been in too many dull meetings, but I'd imagine the wages budget and the marketing budget are in two seperate 'pots'.

[john2710]

I think we'll sell anyone that can be sold. I don't think anyone, including Grealish, is safe. Some players won't accept the pay cut that comes with relegation, others will think they're too good for that league.

[Dave]

I think we'll sell anyone that can be sold. I don't think anyone, including Grealish, is safe. Some players won't accept the pay cut that comes with relegation, others will think they're too good for that league.

They may not have a choice. Their wages are in their contracts, so "not accepting it" isn't really an option unless somebody wants to buy them. Then it comes down to how much the club are offered.

If somebody were to offer us £6/7/8m for the likes of Ayew or Gana then we'd probably take the money. If somebody offers us £1/2/3m for then, then I expect we'd choose to hold onto them.

See the likes of Hull - I reckon that had somebody better come in for likes of Hernandez, Diame, Huddlestone, Dawson, and they'd offered Hull enough to make them want to sell then they'd probably have left. But they didn't, so they're still there.

Also, for the ones that we'd have an interest in keeping, their reduced salaries probably are still likely to be more than they were earning prior to joining us - the likes of Gana and Amavi were earning between £15-20k per week in France.