by muirinho »
09 Mar 2021 16:29
Nameless Stranded morganb
You would hope that as there has been no movement up until now that there is a date in the summer when the next 3 (or 4) year rolling window starts and at this point a host of contracts will be renewed and that the club will have already spoken to the players about this and have them lined up to sign at this point.
This may well be the case but the additional cost of a new contract would only kick in when the contract does, it could be agreed, signed and announced now if they wanted. I would imagine the fact that we could still go up is complicating things a bit as there will be a difference between a PL and Champ contract.
All of which could be factored in to a contract .
The risk is if we don’t go up and there isn’t a signed deal then players may exercise their right to walk away.Clubs higher up the league will be queueing up to talk to our youngsters. Celtic in particular will be rebuilding and McIntyre would be an obvious target.
this may be exactly why there hasn't been any announcement - McIntyre may love this club as a supporter, but as a professional he has to look out for himself in what may be a short career.
He may not be actively looking to move, or there would be rumours of interested clubs, but nevertheless, even if the club has already laid a good contract on the table, with bonuses for promotion built in etc, he may have decided he's better off waiting to see if what he could get elsewhere if we don't go up.