geoff clipp
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He has very little in the way of leverage.
Given he'll be 34 when his contract expires, he's not really in a position to run it down and threaten to leave on a free at the end if it. It makes no odds to us.
He knows our wage bill has been capped and so has PSG's.
Given his age, we probably wouldn't be offered an amount that makes it worth our while to lose him for the one or two years he has left playing at this level.
The only deal i could see being potentially useful to us would be to offer him as a makeweight in bringing in a player we see as his replacement (if there is such a thing). We can offer a ready made world class player who'll be top class for the next two years in a deal for someone who isn't the end product but has the potential and is much younger. That would obviously be a gamble but i cant see any other deal that would be beneficial to us. Even this is unlikely though as it would require any other player we wanted to be playing for a club that will top his current wages.
That said, his agent is a lunatic that does this every year so i doubt anyone is concerned about this story anyway.
Given he'll be 34 when his contract expires, he's not really in a position to run it down and threaten to leave on a free at the end if it. It makes no odds to us.
He knows our wage bill has been capped and so has PSG's.
Given his age, we probably wouldn't be offered an amount that makes it worth our while to lose him for the one or two years he has left playing at this level.
The only deal i could see being potentially useful to us would be to offer him as a makeweight in bringing in a player we see as his replacement (if there is such a thing). We can offer a ready made world class player who'll be top class for the next two years in a deal for someone who isn't the end product but has the potential and is much younger. That would obviously be a gamble but i cant see any other deal that would be beneficial to us. Even this is unlikely though as it would require any other player we wanted to be playing for a club that will top his current wages.
That said, his agent is a lunatic that does this every year so i doubt anyone is concerned about this story anyway.