Jewell: No Repeat of Contract Situation
Friday, 27th Apr 2012 07:00

Manager Paul Jewell has reiterated that he wants to get the players whose contracts are up next summer committed to new deals sooner rather than later. The Blues boss is determined to avoid the situations which have occurred in the last two seasons with players’ deals allowed to get into their last six months.

Jewell said: “I think it’s important with the younger lads who have got a year to go on their contracts that, as Peterborough brutally said, ‘you either sign up, or we sell you’.

“This time next year I don’t want this again. I’ve had it for the last two years and it’s pretty boring. I was bored of you asking questions a long time ago!” he joked.

Jack Ainsley, Jimmy Bullard, Damien Delaney, Andy Drury, Nathan Ellington, Arran Lee-Barrett, Lee Martin, Jaime Peters, Ryan Stevenson, Joe Whight and Cormac Burke all have deals which are up at the end of June 2013, while skipper Carlos Edwards and Luke Hyam both recently signed new one-year contracts.

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Wickets added 13:57 - Apr 27 Does this mean your about to sell Luke, PJ as you only gave him,one of our best young players,a year.
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Mungo added 19:58 - Apr 27

The contract situation is not going to be easy over the next year or so. With the financial fair play rules coming in, the club is unlikely to match the current high salaries of some players (eg Martin) which means agreeing new deals will not be easy and moving on players for reasonable fees is going to be very difficult.

This could be a difficult year, but the fair play rules will be better for the club in the long run.

BrandonsBlues added 22:11 - Apr 27 Whos fault is the contract situation ME & SC. So for the last two years players have been allowed to leave against? the managers request but at the will of the owner and his right hand man. what is the target of our owner to achieve premier league football, and how, with poor signings and managers you cannot succeed with what they are given.
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