Heskey to be offered new contract : Is mid-table totally exceptable now??

[taylorsworkrate]

I just cannot see Mcleish or the board being stupid enough to extend his contract at his current wage.  Especially seeing as the wage bill remains a big issue and having a 34/35 year old on such a ludicrously high wage doesn't fit. 

I agree with those saying another year at a reduced rate may be ok, as he is at least hard working and can instill some of that in the younger players.

However, I wouldn't want to be paying him more than £15k a week, which is obviously a drop Emile wouldn't be willing to take.

[pooligan]

I would keep him on pay as you score,i am sure we could afford him then !

[Concrete John]

Nobody's going to offer Heskey £60k per week now, why should Villa? 

As long as Villa strike the right deal pay wise then another year's contract is OK by me.  He can still come on and do a job.

Pretty much sums it up for me!

If, and I do think it's a big 'if', he accepts a very much reduced contract I can see the value in keeping him around.

Personally, I think if Leicester get promoted he'll go to them.

[PaulTheVillan]

I know a girl who will be very excited if Heskey stays.

[N'ZMAV]

@Fiiii_ona on twitter

I know a girl who will be very excited if Heskey stays.

@Fiiii_ona on twitter

[nigel]

I have to say there are some pretty pathetic comments on this thread.

I know , Lou'zie even said   

Emile Heskey is a superb player.  We are lucky to have him.

When we signed he was never coming as a 15 - 20 goal a season player. So why are people going on about him not scoring loads of goals? He's not a striker like Bent or Gabby, he's a player who holds the ball up, a player for the strikers to play off.
He's not the sort of player who'll set the game alight like Ashley used to, he's a steady grafter who'll put a shift in for the team.
The type of pathetic comment I'm on about are the ones like :
Milner holds the ball in the corner for 4 minutes, gives it to Heskey who loses it in half a second. They then say it might not have been Milner after all!! I've never seen a player hold on to the ball for 4 minutes in a game, let alone in the corner trying to kill a game.
And since when are we privvy to how much he earns? £60k a week!! where did that come from?
There are probably only 2 players who come near that, and that will be Bent and Given.

[pauliewalnuts]

And since when are we privvy to how much he earns? £60k a week!! where did that come from?

General Krulak's son told us he was the highest earner at the club.

[Meanwood Villa]

McLeish never said he'd offer him a new contract, it's been spun that way. Nothing to see here, Emile Heskey will not be playing for Aston Villa in 2012/13

[DrGonzo]

The consensus among the Press is that he is on 50k a week.  10k better than what is being touted on here but still too much.

[Concrete John]

And since when are we privvy to how much he earns? £60k a week!! where did that come from?

General Krulak's son told us he was the highest earner at the club.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that before the signings of Bent and Given?

[The Laughing Policeman]

Going to Leicester next summer according to what I heard from some of their fans at the weekend.

[darren woolley]

If he plays well then I would offer him a new contract that's what it is all about playing well.

[Chris Jameson]

From reading the quote from McCleish he just says that Heskey doesn't need to worry about his future despite being the last year of his contract. You could interpret that in several ways, but I certainly wouldn't offer him a new one.

I'd like to interpret that as clubs have been silly enough to give him stupid amounts of money for many years and he need never work again.

[pauliewalnuts]

And since when are we privvy to how much he earns? £60k a week!! where did that come from?

General Krulak's son told us he was the highest earner at the club.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that before the signings of Bent and Given?

It was, yes, but even so, it shows that Heskey's no 40k a week man

[Concrete John]

It was, yes, but even so, it shows that Heskey's no 40k a week man

True, but I always felt he came in on a par with our top earners at the time, such as Carew.  In truth even if he's not on the generally accepted £60k a week, he won't be far off it.