I can't find a link to support it yet, but its just scrolled across SSN, Jenas has signed a 1yr deal extension till 2014. ....Bentley and Gio were apparently next in line outside the office! I don't get that at all. Edit- http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article4158639.ece
Probably similar to the Pav thing. Adding a year to his contract increases his value. Jenas will always remain the "what if" player with us, clearly has great potential but doesn't seem to ever fulfill it bar a 1 in 10 game ratio. A shame really.
Trying to work out the combined value of Jenas and Bentley, coupled with a team that would take them in a cash + players bid in the summer.
Pogrebnyak's contract is only til the end of the season, Croydon. You could theoretically sign him, Rodallega and Ba for a total of about £7m, assuming that the reports about the Geordie's new hero are true.
That's what I was sort of getting at in a got bugger all sleep last night kind of way - sell them Jenas as a sweetener for first refusal on Pogrebnyak. Of course, if Jol thinks Jenas is some kind of incentive for letting a good player slip through his fingers, that proves we were right to sack him at the end of the day...
I always rated Rodallega...my summer wishlist is of Yakubu and Al Habshi....back on topic cant blame jenas!