Andreas Weimann

[silhillvilla]

I get the impression he likes it here. 
Top man Andi.

[Dante Lavelli]

Well Andi has said :
What the gaffer is building here we all ­believe in and we just have to continue working hard for him and each other.

I think that’s what Aston Villa is about. It’s a family club.

We’re growing and getting better all the time, and I think there’s a lot of potential in the team right now because as players we’re only going to get better.

Like I said, the spirit and belief within the squad and within the club is really good.
It’s really exciting for everyone, it’s exciting for the players, it’s exciting for the fans and it’s exciting for the club.

The club is very tight-knit. A ­couple of weeks ago the chairman was here watching training, chatting to the manager and the lads and that’s the way we are, everybody very close.

I’ve been here for six years now and I’ve loved every minute of it.

Aren't these quotes a month or so old?

[Matt C]

Great news. That's one sorted...

[eamonn]

Great news indeed but it's a pity we couldn't have made it four. Another year of him progressing at the same rate and his agent will stir things again. Two years left means we get an optimal price for him or risk him being sold on the cheap a year later.

[pauliewalnuts]

Well Andi has said :
What the gaffer is building here we all ­believe in and we just have to continue working hard for him and each other.

I think that’s what Aston Villa is about. It’s a family club.

We’re growing and getting better all the time, and I think there’s a lot of potential in the team right now because as players we’re only going to get better.

Like I said, the spirit and belief within the squad and within the club is really good.
It’s really exciting for everyone, it’s exciting for the players, it’s exciting for the fans and it’s exciting for the club.

The club is very tight-knit. A ­couple of weeks ago the chairman was here watching training, chatting to the manager and the lads and that’s the way we are, everybody very close.

I’ve been here for six years now and I’ve loved every minute of it.

Aren't these quotes a month or so old?

Yes.

[Toronto Villa]

I thought Weimann was off to Norwich or Sunderland for a couple a mil - no?

[Steve R]

That's a few 3 year deals that we've concluded now. I wonder what the thinking is.

Unless of course players themselves have been insisting on three.

Maybe the club's logic is that if things go well we've back negotiating in the next year or two anyway to keep them here. If things go badly then we're not committed to long contracts for non-playing players.

[Louzie0]

That's a few 3 year deals that we've concluded now. I wonder what the thinking is.

Unless of course players themselves have been insisting on three.

Maybe the club's logic is that if things go well we've back negotiating in the next year or two anyway to keep them here. If things go badly then we're not committed to long contracts for non-playing players.

World cup next year. Make or break? A comparatively short if useful time to have left to renegotiate or offload next summer.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Andreas, Andreas Weimann!

[Gerrin]

Whilst I'm pleased he is staying, these 3 year deals are a joke, we never seem to learn. All this means is we will be forced to cash in on him next summer or risk selling him for peanuts the following year. At 21 years of age he should be made to sign for 5 years, they should never have let him get to within a year of this contract.

[Malandro]

Whilst I'm pleased he is staying, these 3 year deals are a joke, we never seem to learn. All this means is we will be forced to cash in on him next summer or risk selling him for peanuts the following year. At 21 years of age he should be made to sign for 5 years, they should never have let him get to within a year of this contract.

Great news! Probably more important than Benteke renewing, I can see him seeing out that contract.

[eastie]

Whilst I'm pleased he is staying, these 3 year deals are a joke, we never seem to learn. All this means is we will be forced to cash in on him next summer or risk selling him for peanuts the following year. At 21 years of age he should be made to sign for 5 years, they should never have let him get to within a year of this contract.

How exactly would you make him sign for 5 years?

[Mister E]

Whilst I'm pleased he is staying, these 3 year deals are a joke, we never seem to learn. All this means is we will be forced to cash in on him next summer or risk selling him for peanuts the following year. At 21 years of age he should be made to sign for 5 years, they should never have let him get to within a year of this contract.

And yet, at the same time, we've been bemoaning the foolishness of having put parasites like Beye, Dunne, Ireland, Hutton et al on 4 or even 5 year deals?
Can't have it both ways.
The three-year deal probably suits both parties best: if the player and club are happy after 2, the player gets an enhanced contract (and this can happen at any time from the start of the contract); if it's not going so well, the club can offload.

[danlanza]

Whilst I'm pleased he is staying, these 3 year deals are a joke, we never seem to learn. All this means is we will be forced to cash in on him next summer or risk selling him for peanuts the following year. At 21 years of age he should be made to sign for 5 years, they should never have let him get to within a year of this contract.

How exactly would you make him sign for 5 years?

Drug him, strap him to a chair and show him pictures of TSM every thirty seconds and tell him if he does not sign then he will play under TSM again.
That should do the job.

[Concrete John]

Whilst I'm pleased he is staying, these 3 year deals are a joke, we never seem to learn. All this means is we will be forced to cash in on him next summer or risk selling him for peanuts the following year. At 21 years of age he should be made to sign for 5 years, they should never have let him get to within a year of this contract.

How exactly would you make him sign for 5 years?

Quite.

If we offered top dollar, then 5 years is a possibity.  But if we're not, then the player and his agent will know that his earning potential increases as he develops, so won't want to be on a 21 years olds wages when he's 26.

It's a result of not giving out stupid contracts that players will no longer be trying to milk them for as long as possible.