Wants assurances of European football, but his chairman has today said this in a BBC article...
"We've got six, now probably seven, teams [in England] where the amount of capital they have is either unlimited or is enormous compared to us, and qualifying for European football is almost...
This is why it feels so desperate. No goals or assists since November last year. Suffering with injuries. Will be 31 shortly into next season. Yep, a 4 year £200k pw contract sounds reasonable! If he signs that then he's 100% there for the duration of it, nobody will be looking to sign him from...
That smacks of desperation. Upping someone's wages by £70k pw when he's in the decline years is madness. The guy has scored 6 goals this year and 2 assists so £200k pw is just mental. Before Vieira was appointed they had a load of players on big wages, way too much for the quality of said...