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Stanneswhite

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Dj, Cunningham both have 18 months left. Maybe could do with extending Pearson (think it’s until 2020) and also Ben Davies. Anybody heard anything about us trying to renew them?
 
In negotiations right now with Johnson and Cunningham.

Davies and Pearson have both signed contracts this season.
 
Peter Ridsdale told us at the forum that Greg Cunningham loves it at Preston and, contract negotiations are going on or, were about to start (Feb 18).
 
I'd be more concerned about Neils to be perfectly honest.... I know contracts don't count for much in this day and age of money dictating.... but a little faith and security could go a long way.
 
Bobbage said:
That's pretty much how negotiations start off...

Unless you are Derek Shaw.
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Precisely.

However, as is well documented, the club has a particular wage structure.

When both players want substantially more than what PNE have ever paid any contracted player, and the players know they can get that wage at other clubs, then we’re struggling.

Hope we find a solution. At least we’ve still got them for next season I suppose.
 
kingpne said:
Precisely.

However, as is well documented, the club has a particular wage structure.

When both players want substantially more than what PNE have ever paid any contracted player, and the players know they can get that wage at other clubs, then we’re struggling.

Hope we find a solution. At least we’ve still got them for next season I suppose.
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I'd give it them.............But only once we get promoted..Works both ways does this money lark and we've been down this road before and it nearly bankrupted us. All the players did was get comfy.
 
Cunningham is an excellent left back but he's not irreplaceable and Johnson blows hot and cold so no justification for shattering the wage structure for either in my opinion.

What we don't want is for them to leave for nothing, so it would be better to sell in the summer if possible, rather than let the contracts run down.
 
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Schemer said:
Cunningham is an excellent left back but he's not irreplaceable and Johnson blows hot and cold so no justification for shattering the wage structure for either in my opinion.

What we don't want is for them to leave for nothing, so it would be better to sell in the summer if possible, rather than let the contracts run down.
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I'd be prepared to see us roll the dice with both and gamble on going up next year (if we don't this year) We stand to lose 50k on them if we don't go up and have to lose them for nothing yet I'd expect both to sign on of we go up.
 
Schemer said:
Cunningham is an excellent left back but he's not irreplaceable and Johnson blows hot and cold so no justification for shattering the wage structure for either in my opinion.

What we don't want is for them to leave for nothing, so it would be better to sell in the summer if possible, rather than let the contracts run down.
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So if Cunningham doesn't sign on in the next few months would you want to cash in for, say, £3 million in summer?

I doubt the problem is that we can't afford to give him the raise he wants (and deserves), the problem is we can't break our wage structure to give it to him because everyone else would come asking for a massive raise.

Just throwing it out there, could we not give him the largest raise possible for our wage structure along with a large signing on fee to cover achunk of the difference? Surely that'd be the best outcome for all parties involved.

If he was to go, I have no doubt that Earl could be a suitable short and long term replacement, but I'd hate to lose our best and most consistent player of the last 3 seasons.
 
Mancunian White said:
So if Cunningham doesn't sign on in the next few months would you want to cash in for, say, £3 million in summer?

I doubt the problem is that we can't afford to give him the raise he wants (and deserves), the problem is we can't break our wage structure to give it to him because everyone else would come asking for a massive raise.

Just throwing it out there, could we not give him the largest raise possible for our wage structure along with a large signing on fee to cover achunk of the difference? Surely that'd be the best outcome for all parties involved.

If he was to go, I have no doubt that Earl could be a suitable short and long term replacement, but I'd hate to lose our best and most consistent player of the last 3 seasons.
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I'd like to keep Cunningham but we have to be realistic and live within our means. We have a young player waiting to replace him so it wouldn't be the end of the world if we sold him for a decent price. The same argument wouln't apply in the case of Pearson for example, even though both are probably equally influential when on the pitch.

Johnson needs to be realistic. He's fallen back to being a squad player this year rather then the integral influence we all hoped that he'd have become by now and the wage he's paid should reflect that.
 
Both Cunningham and Johnson have 18 months left on their contracts and we have no need to sell them. If we don’t make promotion this season, I expect a serious attempt to be made next season so we need those 2 players. If they run their contracts down, so be it. It’s not that we’ll have lost money as we signed Cunningham on a free transfer and DJ cost 50 grand which is peanuts these days. Who knows, if they help us get to the Premier League we may be able to afford to keep them......that’s if we still want them then.
 
Lets be fair, if they're asking for £12k-£15k then that's a pittance for every other club in this league bar a handful.

I rate both highly but if we can't get a deal wrapped up before the end of the summer then we should consider offers, Cardiff might still be interested in Cunningham and DJ will have takers.

It's not ideal but better than the wage bill becoming unsustainable like last time we were up here, even with 12 months left on their contract, we could still command decent money for both.

If Hemmings is willing to let their contract run down and let them leave for free, then fair play.
 
sf said:
Lets be fair, if they're asking for £12k-£15k then that's a pittance for every other club in this league bar a handful.

I rate both highly but if we can't get a deal wrapped up before the end of the summer then we should consider offers, Cardiff might still be interested in Cunningham and DJ will have takers.

It's not ideal but better than the wage bill becoming unsustainable like last time we were up here, even with 12 months left on their contract, we could still command decent money for both.

If Hemmings is willing to let their contract run down and let them leave for free, then fair play.
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I agree with you sf and I believe you’re probably near the mark with what they are after. Let’s face it, if we’re serious at making a serious attempt to get to the Premier League, these are the wages we should be offering in order to attract better players to the club, in order to achieve our goal.
 
Speaking of contracts, we still have another year of Pringle...

Scored on Saturday but by all accounts, he's been pretty anonymous at Oldham too.

Doyle will have takers, but probably another loan for Pringle at best next year.

Not sure what we do about Boyle and O'Connor, won't be easy to move on either.

Then there is Vermijl... he has another year as well, can't see anyone touching him with a barge pole.

Probably £25k a week in wages being wasted on those 5.
 
sf said:
Speaking of contracts, we still have another year of Pringle...

Scored on Saturday but by all accounts, he's been pretty anonymous at Oldham too.

Doyle will have takers, but probably another loan for Pringle at best next year.

Not sure what we do about Boyle and O'Connor, won't be easy to move on either.

Then there is Vermijl... he has another year as well, can't see anyone touching him with a barge pole.

Probably £25k a week in wages being wasted on those 5.
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Best bet is to get as much coin as possible for Doyle and as a last resort, use it to pay off the likes of Pringle, Vermijl etc if need be.
 
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