Alex99
Rehab's Pete Doherty
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I don't think it's that far fetched. If they hold firm and don't sell him this year, What's he going to do? Sure his agent might be throwing their words back at him, but he's under contract. He might be frustrated -angry even - but it's in his interests to turn up and perform.
He's on 35k. He'll get that anywhere, no matter how much or how shite he is this season. He'll also have two years left on his contract next summer, which basically makes it their last chance to try and command a "full" fee, and that's if they stay up, which they might well need him to do.
It's a gamble, and I can't blame them for taking it, I just think it's incredibly fanciful for them to think he's going to be happy on his current wage after all the hyping up they've done this summer. I can't see how they can publicly claim him to be among their most valuable assets, but then not pay him accordingly.
I don't think it's weird that they've rejected our offer(s) for him, I just think it's odd that their fans seem to think he's going to be content on £35k a week when, by all accounts, we'd already agreed to pay him about four times that.
There's also the fact that Everton, whether they like it or not, are very much seen as a "stepping stone" in the Premier League. feck around too much and they become a less attractive prospect to future "Brainthwaites" ,who won't want to risk missing out on a big move,