New Contracts?

[Matt C]

I still have faith Delph will stay - can't say the same about Vlaar though.

[PaulWinch again]

After comments from Delph last season and in the summer, and how much time and effort the club have put into him, to lose him from a position that looked unlikely would be pretty galling.

It would be a massive massive error.

[john2710]

I'd be hugely disappointed in Delph if he left us in a Bosman. We've waited patiently for 5 years for the player we know to come through, so I'd be gutted if after all that he went to someone like Everton. After his comments about the club & Lerner's support during his injuries I'd be very disappointed, to say the least, if he left us. However, professional footballers are a law unto themselves.

Vlar is different, he's at his peak, injury prone & nearly 30, he''s got one last big pay day. Will we invest in a big contract with the knowledge that he's likely to miss 2-3 months every season & that that his injury record may worsen?

If neither show any indication that they will sign over the next few weeks, we'll be forced to sell in January.

[Dave]

I'd be hugely disappointed in Delph if he left us in a Bosman. We've waited patiently for 5 years for the player we know to come through, so I'd be gutted if after all that he went to someone like Everton. After his comments about the club & Lerner's support during his injuries I'd be very disappointed, to say the least, if he left us. However, professional footballers are a law unto themselves.

He could also point out that if we're not going to bother offering him anything until he's seven or eight months from his contract expiring then we can't be that concerned about whether or not we keep him.

[PaulWinch again]

I'd be hugely disappointed in Delph if he left us in a Bosman. We've waited patiently for 5 years for the player we know to come through, so I'd be gutted if after all that he went to someone like Everton. After his comments about the club & Lerner's support during his injuries I'd be very disappointed, to say the least, if he left us. However, professional footballers are a law unto themselves.

He could also point out that if we're not going to bother offering him anything until he's seven or eight months from his contract expiring then we can't be that concerned about whether or not we keep him.

Indeed and that's my concern.

[Tom_Mc9?]

He'll bugger off and we'll sign someone new. Never mind hey.

Fuckwits the lot of them.

[Phil from the upper holte]

I think the mirror article is based on absolutely fuck all, I think he'll sign a new deal and so will Vlaar, hasn't Vlaar already said he's ready to stay, Although it is quite ironic that we were blasting southampton and calling them relegation favourites and they look really good thus far.

It's still a step backwards in my opinion

[pauliewalnuts]

I'd be hugely disappointed in Delph if he left us in a Bosman. We've waited patiently for 5 years for the player we know to come through, so I'd be gutted if after all that he went to someone like Everton. After his comments about the club & Lerner's support during his injuries I'd be very disappointed, to say the least, if he left us. However, professional footballers are a law unto themselves.

He could also point out that if we're not going to bother offering him anything until he's seven or eight months from his contract expiring then we can't be that concerned about whether or not we keep him.

Yup.

If we still haven't offered him anything, then that is fucking nuts.

[SoccerHQ]

There will be interest in Delph for sure. Someone who's been playing consistantly well in the league for 18 months, just made his England debut and will be on a free in 6 months. Why pay 10m for someone like Rodwell when he'll be on a free.

I think Vlaar will leave, unsure on Delph but as the weeks pass by it looks more unlikely.

Grealish deal seems to have gone quiet aswell although his comments recently indicate to me that's pretty much done but hasn't been signed for some reason.

[PaulWinch again]

Obviously I don't know what's going on behind the scenes, but I hoped when Hutton and Lambert signed new deals it was a precursor to Delph, Grealish and Vlaar. However that growing gap between the former and the hopeful latter makes me wonder. The deals for the first two are absolutely vital.

[silhillvilla]

My fear is Delph will have had his head swayed whilst at the England camp. It's happened before to us.
Re vlaar these long lay offs due to injury concern me . When he's available he's good but when he's out it's a massive loss. We need some proper cover for vlaar either way.

[SoccerHQ]

Obviously I don't know what's going on behind the scenes, but I hoped when Hutton and Lambert signed new deals it was a precursor to Delph, Grealish and Vlaar. However that growing gap between the former and the hopeful latter makes me wonder. The deals for the first two are absolutely vital.

Lambert probably thought he would be sacked in the summer so couldn't believe his luck at four more years as a premier league manager or plenty of compensation if the new owners don't like him.

Same with Hutton, in exile, gets back in the team so three more years of premier league wages, thank you very much!

Fair to say Delph and Vlaar will be a touch more difficult.

[silhillvilla]

I think Delph and vlaar will both stay and deals will be done by December.

[john2710]

I'm sure the players in the last year of their contracts & the manager were told at the start of the summer that no new contracts would be offered until the 'sale' was sorted out. Once the season started things started to role into place.

However, since June Vlar's had a great World Cup, Delph is now an England international (so what) & Grealish is the 2nd coming (potentially). These three are likely to have other options, whereas the others would not. I'd be as confident as I can be that since August Vlar, Delph & Grealish have been offered new improved contracts. At this point in time it seems they are either trying to squeeze a bit more out of Lerner or they are buying time until January. That's the risk of letting it run this late. To players it's just a job & by nature they're ambitious. Like most of us if we get the offer of a better job & more money we'll take it & quite often it turns out to be a big mistake.

Grealish would be an absolute fool to go anywhere elsewhere, but if he's been treated as special he might just think he is.

Delph is not yet good enough to play for a top 4 club but in a year or two he might be.

Vlar is injury prone & not irreplaceable. 

[Tony Erdington]

So lets see how good Mr Fox is, Delph is imo a very important part of our building a team, if one of the big clubs come in not a lot we can do, Delph is a winner and deserves to be winning things.

Where do "we" want to go?