Ismaïla Sarr

[Save Dwindlehurst]

I must admit I'm not really sure on the rationale of offering him an improved contract.

He's on 75k and has the best part of 3 years left. That will take him to the summer after he's 31. He's kicked up an almighty stink and is clear he'd rather be off.

The argument that extending it would raise the fee we could get might be true if he was 23. But he's almost 29. Does a 29 year old with 2 years on a contract command far less than a 29 year old with 3 or 4 years on a contract? Wouldn't have thought so.

I guess the only way it makes sense is if it has a decent buy out. 40m?

Still dont like the thought of giving someone who's effectively been on strike a payrise

The whole thing stinks but from the Club’s point of view the extra money for a fully motivated Sarr firing on all cylinders is deemed to be worth it. I agree with that but it a shame we have to reward this type of behaviour.

 

[Casual]

Me too. But like JPM and that snide pretend German c*nt he’s tarnished what he achieved.
In 20 years time when they bring them all out on the pitch , won’t be the same for them 3, for me anyway.

Agreed. But I do like the idea of a team with Sarr back in it.

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Benteke had one average season for us. The rest of the time he was awesome. Give it a break.

And the rest he was a lazy useless waste of space

 

[Canterbury Palace]

I must admit I'm not really sure on the rationale of offering him an improved contract.

He's on 75k and has the best part of 3 years left. That will take him to the summer after he's 31. He's kicked up an almighty stink and is clear he'd rather be off.

The argument that extending it would raise the fee we could get might be true if he was 23. But he's almost 29. Does a 29 year old with 2 years on a contract command far less than a 29 year old with 3 or 4 years on a contract? Wouldn't have thought so.

I guess the only way it makes sense is if it has a decent buy out. 40m?

Still dont like the thought of giving someone who's effectively been on strike a payrise

I suppose you could argue that if he is on 75k a week and gets a pay bump to 120k, that is a difference of 2.3m per year, or around 7m over a 3 year deal.

It's not a huge amount of money given what he brings us and considering how much it would cost us to replace him.

Our recent attacking additions have been quite suspect so I'd say keeping him, over 3 years, makes us 7m in additional prize money.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

I suppose you could argue that if he is on 75k a week and gets a pay bump to 120k, that is a difference of 2.3m per year, or around 7m over a 3 year deal.

It's not a huge amount of money given what he brings us and considering how much it would cost us to replace him.

Our recent attacking additions have been quite suspect so I'd say keeping him, over 3 years, makes us 7m in additional prize money.

£18,720,000 for three years? That might cheer him up a bit. He can always go to Saudi afterwards if he's worried about the future.

 

[Runningman]

I must admit I'm not really sure on the rationale of offering him an improved contract.

He's on 75k and has the best part of 3 years left. That will take him to the summer after he's 31. He's kicked up an almighty stink and is clear he'd rather be off.

The argument that extending it would raise the fee we could get might be true if he was 23. But he's almost 29. Does a 29 year old with 2 years on a contract command far less than a 29 year old with 3 or 4 years on a contract? Wouldn't have thought so.

I guess the only way it makes sense is if it has a decent buy out. 40m?

Still dont like the thought of giving someone who's effectively been on strike a payrise

Liebour have given all their striking chums a payrise…

 

[wilelliott88]

I know this thread is about Sarr...and a little bit about JP, but we need to be getting Mitchell tied down, he's unbelievable and it'd be terrible if we lose him! Also isnt he our top scorer?!🤣