Can we talk about contracts now?

In respect of new players I would love to see us show a statement of intent for someone like Caolan Lavery who has shown he probaly isnt up to Championship level but at his age could be a very good player with us.
The young winger who was on loan at Lincoln, Josh(?) Ginnelly?

From what i'm hearing, Clifton being here next season isn't certain. Again, we have a good young prospect on a pittance of a wage, and a certain local club have offered him over ten times what he is on here. Yet he couldn't even get a start here until Jolley came in. Macca's contract been allowed to run down. The whole club is cheapskate and short sighted. No wonder we can't attract good quality players.

Quoted from ginnywings

From what i'm hearing, Clifton being here next season isn't certain. Again, we have a good young prospect on a pittance of a wage, and a certain local club have offered him over ten times what he is on here. Yet he couldn't even get a start here until Jolley came in. Macca's contract been allowed to run down. The whole club is cheapskate and short sighted. No wonder we can't attract good quality players.

If anyone is offering Clifton £2500/3000 per week they need their heads examining! Wonder what fee they would offer?

£300k plus add ons would be a good starting point

Would be sad to see Clifton go but we'd get a fee for him, which would be something, I suppose.

He's done well since he got into the team, but I'm surprised there is much interest from elsewhere already. Confident and capable young midfielders probably aren't exactly commonplace.

Quoted from Cloudy

If anyone is offering Clifton £2500/3000 per week they need their heads examining! Wonder what fee they would offer?

£300k plus add ons would be a good starting point

Getting that sort of transfer fee would be good business imho. Much as id like to see Clifton stay and develop he's not integral to the side and would fund up to half a dozen players ( or repay it a chunk of jfs loans! )

Quoted from Cloudy

If anyone is offering Clifton £2500/3000 per week they need their heads examining! Wonder what fee they would offer?

£300k plus add ons would be a good starting point

That fee would help rebuild a squad but look how the Bogle money was squandered and too be honest I would rather build my team with a Clifton in it.

Quoted from headingly_mariner

Players in the last 6 months of their contract are allowed to discuss terms with other clubs. They do not have to wait for their contract to expire. So it’s not difficult to believe at all.

To correct you, players are only allowed to discuss terms with other clubs within a month of their contract expiring. Someone mentioned Sanchez to United being an example but there was a fee agreed with him and Jon Nolan was also only on a 6 month contract hence why he was allowed to discuss terms early.

Quoted from Cloudy

If anyone is offering Clifton £2500/3000 per week they need their heads examining! Wonder what fee they would offer?

£300k plus add ons would be a good starting point

Well, i maybe got a bit carried away with ten times his salary. It's actually about eight times. He is on only £180 per week apparently and has been offered £1500.

I've been hearing for a while how good a prospect he is, and that has been borne out by his appearances from what i've seen. This leads me to ask why it has taken so long for him to get a starting spot and why he is on such little money. I'm also a little taken aback that some think it's a good move to sell him on and get a fee, when we should be tying him down to a new deal, which he has more than earned. The person giving this info was not very complimentary about GTFC at all.

If a club in a higher division is willing to snatch him from us, doesn't that suggest that he is well worth fighting to keep, and isn't it symptomatic of why we never seem to progress?

Quoted from LocalLadGTFC

To correct you, players are only allowed to discuss terms with other clubs within a month of their contract expiring. Someone mentioned Sanchez to United being an example but there was a fee agreed with him and Jon Nolan was also only on a 6 month contract hence why he was allowed to discuss terms early.

Yeah, the 6 months thing is for non-english clubs (like the bloke at Cambridge who's signed a deal with Hearts)

Quoted from ginnywings

Well, i maybe got a bit carried away with ten times his salary. It's actually about eight times. He is on only £180 per week apparently and has been offered £1500.

I've been hearing for a while how good a prospect he is, and that has been borne out by his appearances from what i've seen. This leads me to ask why it has taken so long for him to get a starting spot and why he is on such little money. I'm also a little taken aback that some think it's a good move to sell him on and get a fee, when we should be tying him down to a new deal, which he has more than earned. The person giving this info was not very complimentary about GTFC at all.

If a club in a higher division is willing to snatch him from us, doesn't that suggest that he is well worth fighting to keep, and isn't it symptomatic of why we never seem to progress?

The lad is a prospect, but surely no club in our league is offering him that sort of money. That would probably make him one of our highest earners and i am not sure Town could justify spending that on him.

fair play to him if he's been offered that as i dont think we could or would want to compete with that.