Hutch's Shoulder wrote:johnny crossan wrote:we'll get a return on that 2 year extension when he signs for Madrid after Virgil arrives.Sideshow Bob wrote:basically we just gave a 5 year contract to a player who will turns 30 soon. not sure that’s great business tbh, even though I like him as a player.
It also spreads the remaining depreciation of his contract over a longer period, reducing his costs per year in the accounts.
I think I'm with Bob on this one.
It might be great from an accounting aspect but, in reality, if he starts going downhill in the next two or three years and can't merit a place in the team, we've got a player who could be drawing his wage for a couple of years, without actually needing to play.
The same argument also applies to signing Sanchez, although the weakness in this argument is that David Silva looks as though he could play for decades yet (well, not quite) and Fernandhino seems to get ever better as the years accumulate on his shoulders.