What is stalling Theo??

[Özim]

'Boy, Zimm sure does talk a lot of shit'

I doubt it, he doesn't know me and my name isn't actually zim :fail:

[fakeyank]

[milla]

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Back on topic, so how much will we get for the lad

[Olivier's xmas twist]

2% away from sanity.

So's Aw's Face

[Kano]

Here's a wild stab in the dark:

The deadline for him signing a contract is December so that we know, one way or the other, in time for January.

If he signs, we don't need to buy.
If he doesn't, we make noises about adding 1 super duper quality but stress how difficult it is in January. Forward planning.

He leaves in the summer (or doesn't) but not before.

lol. sorry. i thought you were serious about our management for a sec there.

[selassie]

The thing is, when being valued is so intertwined with how much you are paid, is it possible to tell? It's like trying to determine intention, only the intendee really knows.

By the only other objective measure: minutes on the pitch, Theo was a first choice starter last year.
That's a pretty clear indication of how much he is valued. Given that, it's not undervalued he should feel, but exploited.

Not that he should feel exploited because it's bugfuck ridiculous to be talking about a £75k a week footballer being exploited, but that's where we are at now when some asshole somewhere can throw £150k a week at him without any kind of compunction whatsoever.

Is it then greed or can you argue that Man City value you twice as highly but play you half as much?

Yeah I agree it's not a "black and white" situation and there are plenty of "grey" areas clouding the issue but the bottomline is Theo is an England regular and one of our best players, commercially he's our most high profile player. I agree that player wages are absurd but "we are where we are". House prices are absurd too...but a "City Banker" has no qualms in paying over a million pounds for a Georgian Terrace in Islington that is overlooked by High rise council blocks (I've nothing against council blocks...I was brought up in one in my early years).

I don't think any of this is about exploitation but I think as a Club we should value our assets and do as much as we can to keep hold of them. Theo isn't really being unreasonable in his wage demands, we clearly have the budget to pay him closer to what he wants and to be brutally honest I don't think he's being unreasonable about wanting more time up top. Sure no player should demand where he plays...but I do think he partially has a case here.

Man City and Chelsea can throw wages around until everybody is blue in the face, I think the issue with Theo isn't that he wants a Man City style wage but more that he wants to be paid according to his value to the team.

He's delivered for this team for 2 seasons now, sure he's inconsistent but this boy has star potential and he's starting to produce BIG performances this season on a more consistent basis.

[-Xs-]

Knowing our club, he probably asked for 80k and we offered 75k. That's just the way things are done by us.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

apparently theo's house going up for sale story is bullshit.

his parents got divorced about a year ago. the house he bought for them is the one up for sale. which would make sense.

of course the media knew all of this but still decided to print a completely false twisted story

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

even says 'Thieves struck after Theo’s parents and older brother had left the home to...'

not his house. parents house.

to the media: