Quote Originally Posted by Grimandi's Perm View Post
It still doesn't make sense. If he wants to leave, he'll leave. If he has to run down his contract, that's what he'll do.
It makes perfect sense. The only way to keep our best players is by offering them big contracts when they're crap and no other top team will touch them with yours. "Sign this £80k pw deal Theo or we're selling you to Stoke next week who'll pay you £30k pw".

It's the only way an unsuccessful club like ours can keep their best players.

We've just done it with the Brit pack. The risk is Ramsey, Gibbs etc never improve. The alternative is what's happened with Theo happening with someone like Ramsey eg we didn't get him to re-sign and he suddenly rediscovers how to play football.