Renewing players contracts.

[bhadeb]

you forgot the Dixon from Aldershot ( who the word on the street, signing was a mistake"!!!!)

WHERE DID YOU GET " THE WORD" THEN DAVE?

 

[The Large One]

I think it might also be triggered when a new contract is rejected and another club wishes to sign that player irrespective of the wishes of that players initial club.

BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Coventry City | Tribunal sets fee for Best move

It seems that a longer contract would undoubtedly give a greater security to the club of a player and offer that club an independance in negotiations should there be outside interest.

I stand corrected ............... to a point !!

It's not the fact that he rejected the contract that triggered the tribunal.

The rejection of the contract renewal merely meant he was out of contract, but, as he was under 24, a fee needed to be decided. Exactly the same happened with Dan Harding.

It's not the fact he didn't sign a new contract for us, it's the relative value each club places upon the player.

The buying club will argue that the player is young and inexperienced, and therefore are taking a bit of a punt. The selling club (in our case) insist that a reasonable contract offer was on the table, indicating a desire by the selling club to keep him. In Harding's case, Brighton argued that we had nutured an England Under-21 international, and Leeds were trying to cherry-pick him.

 

[disgruntled h blocker]

It will be interesting if Guy Butters gets a new contract at Brighton next year, as he was offered a contract/loan at Gillingham in the last transfer window, but the club wouldn't let him go...