Quote Originally Posted by Pokster View Post
you could say we will lose £50m if we keep him...BUT, he hasn't asked for a tfr so would get 10% of that fee... IF we paid him £300k a week it would cost us an extra £7-10m a year compared to what he is on now.... so in effect we won't lose as much money as people make out
Excellent point. And the manager does seem to want to keep him. But then, He would say that, wouldn't He