Brown Nose
Well-Known Member
Leading on from speculation about a new contract offer to TIelemans, I thought I'd look at the contract situation for our squad. We have a few really quite big decisions to make this summer. This is in the context of a massively depressed transfer market where getting value for players is going to be very tough.
My source for this is: https://www.spotrac.com/epl/leicester-city/contracts/
Firstly, there are a bunch of players who are out of contract in 2021: Jakupovic, Morgan, Fuchs and James being the senior ones. I really doubt whether we'd extend any of those deals this time. The loan deal for Under also ends and, again, I don't see a case for signing him for £20m+ so I'd expect him to leave.
Then we have a group of players going into their final year. These players need extensions agreed or to be sold for value or we risk them walking away for nothing in 2022. They are: Iheanacho, Ghezzal, Ward, Albrighton and Amartey. I'm not sure we'd want to be extending any of them. Ghezzal is obviously surplus to requirements. Albrighton is an interesting case - he'll be 33 in 2022. Would he merit an extension at that age based on his limited involvement and style of play (being a runner)? The other three are all back up players that you'd hope to be able to improve upon. From their individual perspectives, Ward, Amartey and Iheanacho may well look to run out their contracts and seek a pay day and free transfer next summer.
Then we have 2023. It is a common approach for clubs to try not to allow their main assets to get to less than two years left on their contracts. We have Schmeichel, Evans and Vardy due to expire then and it is highly unlikey we'd see Vardy or Evans stay longer. Schmeichel is a possibility but any extension would take him past 37 and there are very few keepers of that age in the PL nowadays.
Of the others expiring in 2023, we have some big players for us - Ricardo, Soyuncu and TIelemans - being the key ones. You would imagine that we are going to have to extend their contracts by this summer or we will have to sell them this summer. Otherwise, we risk losing them for nothing in 2023 or much reduced amounts in 2022. Soyuncu was offered a new contract ages ago but didn't sign it. Now it seems we're trying with Tielemans.
There are a whole bunch of players secured to deals beyond 2023 but these are big negotiations for the club to be undertaking at a time when our finances are pretty terrible. To be honest, it may well make more sense to prioritise the contracts of these players over spending money on transfers this summer. It doesn't feel like a good time to sell.
My source for this is: https://www.spotrac.com/epl/leicester-city/contracts/
Firstly, there are a bunch of players who are out of contract in 2021: Jakupovic, Morgan, Fuchs and James being the senior ones. I really doubt whether we'd extend any of those deals this time. The loan deal for Under also ends and, again, I don't see a case for signing him for £20m+ so I'd expect him to leave.
Then we have a group of players going into their final year. These players need extensions agreed or to be sold for value or we risk them walking away for nothing in 2022. They are: Iheanacho, Ghezzal, Ward, Albrighton and Amartey. I'm not sure we'd want to be extending any of them. Ghezzal is obviously surplus to requirements. Albrighton is an interesting case - he'll be 33 in 2022. Would he merit an extension at that age based on his limited involvement and style of play (being a runner)? The other three are all back up players that you'd hope to be able to improve upon. From their individual perspectives, Ward, Amartey and Iheanacho may well look to run out their contracts and seek a pay day and free transfer next summer.
Then we have 2023. It is a common approach for clubs to try not to allow their main assets to get to less than two years left on their contracts. We have Schmeichel, Evans and Vardy due to expire then and it is highly unlikey we'd see Vardy or Evans stay longer. Schmeichel is a possibility but any extension would take him past 37 and there are very few keepers of that age in the PL nowadays.
Of the others expiring in 2023, we have some big players for us - Ricardo, Soyuncu and TIelemans - being the key ones. You would imagine that we are going to have to extend their contracts by this summer or we will have to sell them this summer. Otherwise, we risk losing them for nothing in 2023 or much reduced amounts in 2022. Soyuncu was offered a new contract ages ago but didn't sign it. Now it seems we're trying with Tielemans.
There are a whole bunch of players secured to deals beyond 2023 but these are big negotiations for the club to be undertaking at a time when our finances are pretty terrible. To be honest, it may well make more sense to prioritise the contracts of these players over spending money on transfers this summer. It doesn't feel like a good time to sell.
