StirlingBlue wrote: ↑Thu Jan 22, 2026 10:18 am
It's the going rate for a proven PL midfielder in his prime, purely because the other option is him running his contract down and getting a big signing on bonus somewhere else.
First contract after being prem proven is a massive boost, it's why Ndiaye is only on 45k a week and Branthwaite is on 120k a week even though they're both a similar level of quality
On this note, we need to pay Ndiaye and quickly.
Re: James Garner
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 1:35 pm
by AjaxAndy
No idea how accurate this is, but...
Re: James Garner
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 2:04 pm
by Goaljira
How many of these stats were padded by him playing at FB though?
James Garner
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 3:10 pm
by StirlingBlue
Goaljira wrote:How many of these stats were padded by him playing at FB though?
Rice has filled in there for Arsenal and James for Chelsea too
More likely a combo of the fact that we don’t have a lot of the ball and he’s on a lot of set pieces
