Simple soloution. Get rid. Clarke is already a better all round player, with better distribution and who dont foul every second tackle. He also has superior heading ability ........
Reo Coker has Villa over a barrel here really. We dont sign him up and he will probably sign a pre contract agreement in January with someone like Fulham which he is perfectly entitled to and we lose a player whom we bought for 8m for nothing. With Stephen Ireland on reportedly 80k a week you cant blame Reo Coker for asking for 50k.If we give him a 3 year contract we can still flog him down the road.
Luke Young turned down Liverpool for heaven's sake in the Summer because they wouldn't pay him anywhere near what we do!
Why shouldn't our vice captain want a little more than parity with Habib Beye?
Quote from: Dave on November 15, 2010, 05:45:28 PMI can't think of any logical reason why he would sign a new contract at the moment. For the first time in his stay here he is an important player, he's in form and in a strong negotiating position. I wouldn't have thought there are many teams capable of paying him £60k a week and even fewer of them would be inclined to do so.
I can't think of any logical reason why he would sign a new contract at the moment.