by Fonda » 25 Nov 2010, 17:20
I'd like to think we'll have made plenty of contract offers to Benners in the last 12 months, but it's understandable he wants to keep his options open. A new 2-year deal for him now would obviously add a few pounds to his valuation - good for the club, not necessarily for the player. Any young player with ambition has to do what's best for him - importantly he's not allowing it to affect his performances. As he's said himself, he's in no hurry to go - but by the same token if the right offer was put to him, he'd be foolish to ignore it. Hopefully he'll be here until the summer, and have scored a shed-load of goals in the meantime. At that point he can choose between the offers that will naturally be on the table, and we'll still get a decent fee. Who knows, if we go up, one of those contract offers might be from us - and he might just be inclined to stick around...
I'd like to think we'll have made plenty of contract offers to Benners in the last 12 months, but it's understandable he wants to keep his options open. A new 2-year deal for him now would obviously add a few pounds to his valuation - good for the club, not necessarily for the player. Any young player with ambition has to do what's best for him - importantly he's not allowing it to affect his performances. As he's said himself, he's in no hurry to go - but by the same token if the right offer was put to him, he'd be foolish to ignore it. Hopefully he'll be here until the summer, and have scored a shed-load of goals in the meantime. At that point he can choose between the offers that will naturally be on the table, and we'll still get a decent fee. Who knows, if we go up, one of those contract offers might be from us - and he might just be inclined to stick around...
