Like I always say, it is always better to let an aging player leave a year roo early than making the mistake of letting them stay a year too long.
I hope I am wrong, but my sense is I'll be adding Walker to that list of those who stayed a year too long.
So far we have:
Zaba, Yaya, David, Aguero, Dihno all left a year too late.
On the other hand, Gundogan, Kompany and Mahrez are the only 3 to leave on time.
We need to get better at letting older players leave timely. Im almost certain Walker would leave too late. 3 years? Hope he is the exception, but I doubt it
Next up will be Kevin. He is almost guaranteed to overstay now. If he comes back in January and saves us by winning the league ( or God forbid- Help us salvage top 4?) We might have to just give him a 4 year contract and eat 3 years of decline.
But we'll cross that road when we get there.