New Contract Elder and Eppiah

[Jeff]

Until 2020

https://www.lcfc.com/news/861172/elder--eppiah-sign-new-leicester-city-contracts/press-release

 

[Skitzo]

Eppiah makes sense but Elder?

 

[Blue Maniac]

Yep, new deal for Elder is a strange one. He’s been here seven years and I’ve seen zero indication from any manager in all that time that they thought he was anywhere near the first team. A new two year contract at 23 for a lad who isn’t in the Premier League 25 and has never even been named in a match squad. Utterly bizarre.

 

[Jeff]

Yep, new deal for Elder is a strange one. He’s been here seven years and I’ve seen zero indication from any manager in all that time that they thought he was anywhere near the first team. A new two year contract at 23 for a lad who isn’t in the Premier League 25 and has never even been named in a match squad. Utterly bizarre.

I suspect this is purely for financial reasons, and no one is expecting him to play for us.
He won't be on much money, so the extra year won't cost much. But if he's under contract to us we'll be able to sell him to a Championship club for more than his contract will cost us. That will probably depend on him going out on loan and doing well, so it's a gamble, but one that presumably the club thinks is worth taking.

 

[Skitzo]

I suspect this is purely for financial reasons, and no one is expecting him to play for us.
He won't be on much money, so the extra year won't cost much. But if he's under contract to us we'll be able to sell him to a Championship club for more than his contract will cost us. That will probably depend on him going out on loan and doing well, so it's a gamble, but one that presumably the club thinks is worth taking.

he's played 11 games at Championship level in his career and apparently wasn't that good, we might be able to sell to a League One side but I doubt we'd get much

 

[Jeff]

he's played 11 games at Championship level in his career and apparently wasn't that good, we might be able to sell to a League One side but I doubt we'd get much

Some players are late developers. The club has presumably seen something in him to make them think he's worth the extra year.
At 23, Jamie Vardy was playing for Halifax.

 

[Skitzo]

Some players are late developers. The club has presumably seen something in him to make them think he's worth the extra year.
At 23, Jamie Vardy was playing for Halifax.

Vardy fell through the cracks of the system, Elder has been impressive at League One level, a fine career can be made there, but even the side he was at last season that won promotion barely showed interest in signing him at Championship level.

 

[Jeff]

Vardy fell through the cracks of the system, Elder has been impressive at League One level, a fine career can be made there, but even the side he was at last season that won promotion barely showed interest in signing him at Championship level.

So why do you think the club has given him an extra year?

 

[Skitzo]

So why do you think the club has given him an extra year?

I already said I don’t know, they also gave Matt James one after 4 games in a row

 

[Jeff]

I already said I don’t know

Did you?
I must have missed that.


I don't know either, but the hypothesis I posted above at least makes some sense. I don't think he's going to play for us, but the club clearly see something in him.

 

[fitz]

Maybe he's a smashing bunch of lads? Thinks up some cracking twatty handshakes to boost morale?

 

[camberwell fox]

Maybe he's a smashing bunch of lads? Thinks up some cracking twatty handshakes to boost morale?

Maybe he’s Uncle Claude’s son?