Mr Meeseeks
Well-Known Member
How exactly is it Wilson’s fault if players don’t want to sign a new contract or we don’t receive bids for players/ the player doesn’t want to move to that club? The players have all the power in this situation and we can’t break our wage structure by tens of thousands if this is what they are wanting. Just look at the players out of contract at other clubs, Ridiger and Christensen were offered numerous contracts which they rejected then moved on for huge deals as free agents. Same with Pogba who Man U paid £70odd million for and Dembele at Barca. These teams have much more money to offer mega wages and have much more pull but are losing their players for nothing.Dress it up how you like but this transfer window is becoming a real worry. We have 3 first 11 starters and key men out of contract in 12months, we appear to have no sort of budget in which to buy new players and have taken to resigning our aged players instead of refreshing the squad.
The Kent, Aribo & Morelos situations need addressed. They either sign new deals or they leave. The worry is the longer it goes on in this window the less likely it will be that we are able to bring in new players & the less likely we will receive bids that meet our valuation.
We have a major hurdle in terms of Champs League qualification looming and you would have thought we’d want business done early to help in that.
The capabilities of Ross Wilson are seriously in question for me now. He has major players and sellable assets with diminishing value who could walk for free in 12months, he is unable presumably to get them to sign new deals &/or is unable to sell for acceptable fees. We cannot operate a player trading model in those circumstances. He may be ‘comfortable’ with the situation but it worries me.
This transfer window is feeling a lot like last summer. We are in danger of standing still.
You mention the CL qualifiers, but if these players have made it clear they are seeing out their contracts then we already have a squad that’s capable for getting through these ties and we are looking to get more in like Colak