Yeah of course we should also thank him for taking a seven month self inflicted holiday, for which he was handsomely paid, for me if he goes for free it would just show the contempt footballers have for the people who pay their overinflated wages.
Either sign the contract or **** off, we have a player who itching for a game who's could easily fill nicky's boots, give him a run in the team and if if maynard refuses to sign stick him in the stiffs, we should be giving priority to players who want to be at this club, not players who are only interested in what their pay packet holds.
What a complete load of bollocks. As I have said before, the only club that a player needs to show loyalty to is the club supported from boyhood, the rest is a career same as yours and mine.
THIS IS A JOB, plain and simple and anyway, if it was just about the money, NM could probably have TREBLED his current salary at Leicester but he wants to play at the top level in the prem just the same as anyone good at what they do wants to work at the highest level.
Football is the only field where we have this absolutely ridiculously childish attitude to top employees. Imagine yourself in a position where you are very good at your job, you work for someone but you KNOW that there are other bigger and BETTER companies who want to employ you - of course, the side effect of being good at what you do and being in demand is a better salary.
So, ask yourself what are you going to do....?
As long as you remain totally professional and give your best whilst with your current employer, that is all that they can ask of any employee and if someone bigger and better comes along, are you seriously going to tell me that you would turn down more money and the chance to work at a better level. You KNOW the answer to that and indeed, our current manager is a good example of this.
In the meantime, to say that we are not going to use what is clearly our best forward asset because he hasn't signed a new contract is just plain and simple STUPID. If he scores 25 goals this year and gets us in the play-offs, you wouldn't be complaining then.
Of course I want Nicky to sign a new contract with a release clause so we all benefit and if he is good enough, clubs will pay the amount of the release so come on Nicky, on this basis, you can sign.
As for the 2 clubs interested, I doubt Nicky would want to go to either - Everton are skint and looking to pick up what they can on the cheap but they have no money to significantly strengthen their team to be anything other than a mid table prem team and Fulham are below them in the scale.
Bottom line is that football is a business and players have a very limited lifespan, they don't have 40 years plus to build up a pension so they have to earn as much as possible to live off when their careers are over
Take a look at what Neil Webb is doing now if you want a look at poor after career planning....
