Probably unnecessary in all honesty, don’t think he’s particularly deserved an extension this season but he’s been an important part of a back to back titles so hard to say it isn’t warranted. it keeps him happy and shows that we treat our players very well financially with constant rewards which in turn should allow for us to sign players on lower wages than they’d get elsewhere.
Puts us in a position of power too for any impending ban, I don’t expect us to have many players on less than 3 year contracts for the foreseeable.
City also have a habit of announcing things in quick succession so hopefully this is just the start of a busy few weeks