no contract extension, no sale - at least not that we know of.
Is it safe to assume that if he isn't going to be sold - and there are no rumours about that I have seen - that the club are therefore very confident that he is going to sign an extension?
I'm guessing yes.
Given our recent performance on contracts and run downs, I would not put any money on it.
Incidentally, when was the last time we made ridicules money on a transfer. I'm thinking Anelka type ridicules. Cesc and RVP were the last big money outs that I can think of but one could easily make the case that we didn't get the money we should have.
"Scoring a goal is better than sex" - Whoever said that was sticking it to the wrong woman
You think people would just look around at other clubs and see that the players (by which I probably mean agents) weald the power. Marouane Fellaini pretty much held Man Utd at gunpoint and ran his contract down - I'll say that again - Marouane Fellaini. Look at the Alderweireld situation at Spurs. Do people really think Chelsea's plan was to panic buy a relatively unproven keeper for a world record fee just before the season started
Technically Ash is correct, and it is certainly true that players/agents have more power than in the past.
But how many players of the 500 or so first teams players in the PL ran their contracts down this year and were free to go where they wanted?
Very, very few, I think. I still find this surprising. You would think that there would be enough interest in him that if he wanted to leave we could find a club willing to pay him what he wants.