Concrete Ron

[Toronto Villa]

He'll probably go elsewhere and be injury free for a couple of years!!

He'll go to Man U and become their Paul McGrath*

*off course I'm not suggesting for a second he is remotely close to the player the great man was for us

[OCD]

I don't know why we're offering him a new contract - he's always injured. Clark, Baker and Okore are fine - we need a strong, commanding right sided centre back that isn't chronically injured. There's also Senderos, who doesn't have a good track record with injuries either but we wouldn't get much for him and he's not worth releasing.

[adrenachrome]

I don't know why we're offering him a new contract - he's always injured. Clark, Baker and Okore are fine - we need a strong, commanding right sided centre back that isn't chronically injured. There's also Senderos, who doesn't have a good track record with injuries either but we wouldn't get much for him and he's not worth releasing.

Assuming that TS is in charge of deciding who gets offered a new contract, and based on his recent comments extolling Vlaar and Okore for playing with injuries, I would suggest the following explanations:

1. He thinks RV will not be as injury prone in the future.
2. He thinks that even if RV remains injury prone, he would still be an asset to the club.
3. He thinks that if we allow RV to go, he will not be replaced adequately.

[joe_c]

I'd prefer him to stay than us being required to replace him.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Indeed. We would be crazy to let a proven good quality Premier League defender just walk out the door, even if he does miss games due to injury. Finding a replacement , even for the bench, is not trivial. As we have seen in the past.

Its worth offering him a new contract at terms we can afford. We don't lose anything by trying.

[Edvard Remberg]

Was quietly smiling that this has gone to page 2. So little unrest is there that he is leaving (I actually think we could take the offer of a new contract back, as we have Micah)

[London Villan]

Are we still paying him?

[PeterWithesShin]

Probably as I think contracts generally start/end July 1st. Or they may end 30th June.

[Matt C]

I'd be very surprised if he stays with us now.

[frank black]

Tail between legs and new contract signed. I reckon

[Ozzjim]

Convinced he will end up at Southampton

[OCD]

I thought he was on the list of released players, meaning we had paid up the remainder of his contract. I must have imagined that if the reports are right about him still weighing things up.

[manic-road]

Apparently Besiktas have offered him an improved contract offer after he turned down the first offer.

[Matt Collins]

I thought he was on the list of released players, meaning we had paid up the remainder of his contract. I must have imagined that if the reports are right about him still weighing things up.

I think anyone who's contract ends automatically goes on that list

[OCD]

To me being on the released players list is different to someone about to have their contract run out. It suggests the club has cancelled negotiations and paid up the rest of June's contract to get him off the books.