Boubacar Kamara

[Rudy Can't Fail]

With money so tight, much like Watkins the question needs to be asked, how much will we get for him next summer compared to this? He's a wonderful player but apparently we've put a club record contract in front of him and until now he hasn't signed. Fuck Champions League, I never heard him complaining picking up his salary every month, having the best medical care money could buy when he was injured.

Hopefully somebody will sit him down this week and see where his head is.

[Dave]

With money so tight, much like Watkins the question needs to be asked, how much will we get for him next summer compared to this? He's a wonderful player but apparently we've put a club record contract in front of him and until now he hasn't signed. Fuck Champions League, I never heard him complaining picking up his salary every month, having the best medical care money could buy when he was injured.

I think all of those things also applied to his situation when he was at Marseille too.

[PaulWinch again]

Well no, but we offered him a contract over x years and he signed, he’s entitled to get paid when he’s injured. If he doesn’t want to sign, we can push to sell but he’s entirely entitled to see out his contract.

[pauliewalnuts]

Footballers are entirely entitled to do this. I don't blame them looking after number 1 for a moment, if it is something they're legally entitled to do.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Of course they are, that's stating the obvious but I do wonder what are his motives. If he doesn't want to play for us I'd prefer he fucked off now rather than later or worst still at the end of his contract for nothing. As for looking after number 1, how many millions is enough? Maybe it's not greed, maybe playing in the CL will enhance his chances of getting in the French squad, maybe it's his agent looking after number 1 or he's been tapped up.

What I do know is next summer we are going to face similar financial headaches as the UEFA financial rules kick in for the PL. If player trading is our only real way to try and compete, then we need to maximise sales values no matter who they are.

[LeeB]

Footballers are entirely entitled to do this. I don't blame them looking after number 1 for a moment, if it is something they're legally entitled to do.

I don't see why more of them don't.

[PeterWithe]

I cant see why he wouldn't sign the higher salaried contract but with a release clause if we don't make the CL.

[Dave]

I cant see why he wouldn't sign the higher salaried contract but with a release clause if we don't make the CL.

Because presumably in two years he'll have his pick of any club in the world, and a big chunk of that "release clause" money going to him instead. Rather than limitimg himself only to the clubs who want to pay us for him.

[PaulWinch again]

Of course they are, that's stating the obvious but I do wonder what are his motives. If he doesn't want to play for us I'd prefer he fucked off now rather than later or worst still at the end of his contract for nothing. As for looking after number 1, how many millions is enough? Maybe it's not greed, maybe playing in the CL will enhance his chances of getting in the French squad, maybe it's his agent looking after number 1 or he's been tapped up.

What I do know is next summer we are going to face similar financial headaches as the UEFA financial rules kick in for the PL. If player trading is our only real way to try and compete, then we need to maximise sales values no matter who they are.

Yeah but who says he doesn’t want to play for us? Maybe he does for the term of the contract he signed and that’s fair enough if that’s case.

Clearly we need to sell valuable assets, but if he doesn’t want to go and will continue to play to his best while he’s here that’s fair enough in my view. We can’t really sign players who run down their contracts and then get annoyed if they do the same thing with us.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Footballers are entirely entitled to do this. I don't blame them looking after number 1 for a moment, if it is something they're legally entitled to do.

I don't see why more of them don't.

Do they need to, Lee? It seems the big money in football has moved from the clubs to the players. There doesn't seem to be as much money about for transfers but players salaries appear to have gone up astronomically.

Not sure how true the values are here but it's interesting and even fun when you look at other clubs.
https://www.capology.com/club/aston-villa/salaries/

[Rigadon]

Footballers are entirely entitled to do this. I don't blame them looking after number 1 for a moment, if it is something they're legally entitled to do.

I don't see why more of them don't.

Do they need to, Lee? It seems the big money in football has moved from the clubs to the players. There doesn't seem to be as much money about for transfers but players salaries appear to have gone up astronomically.

Not sure how true the values are here but it's interesting and even fun when you look at other clubs.
https://www.capology.com/club/aston-villa/salaries/

There's the risk of getting injured with only a few months left on your contract I suppose.  You'd be up shit creek then (relatively speaking of course). 

[Rudy Can't Fail]

We can’t really sign players who run down their contracts and then get annoyed if they do the same thing with us.

This is a joke, right? If not I've got some magic beans you may be interested in for the right price.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

There's the risk of getting injured with only a few months left on your contract I suppose.  You'd be up shit creek then (relatively speaking of course). 

Very true. Best avoid those tackles just in case.

[Clampy]

He's right though. We've picked up Kamara and Tielemans in recent times on free's and no doubt more. We've gained out of it.

[teamvillage]

The vilification of players for doing exactly what they've agreed with their employer to do (play football in return for money for a set period of years) is something fans small clubs like Liverpool do.

I've far less time for players who refuse to keep to the contracts they, of their own volition, signed to engineer a move somewhere else.