Steven Taylor reveals contract talks are taking place.
Posted on July 16th, 2010 | 80 Comments |
The will he/won’t he saga has rolled on for some time now and rumours have been perpetuated by the wall of silence that has sourrounded the Taylor camp as speculation flew around.
Whether that silence was a good or bad thing is one that can be debated. On one hand there has to be respect for the negotiations as it is no longer club policy to air dirty laundry or private details in public whilst on the other hand it must be realised that the sound of silence is carte blanche for reporters, almost like an oil to help the rumour mill start to turn. That silence has been broken today and Taylor has revealed that his agent, Paul Stretford, is in talks with the club, and that he himself is having very little imput in the negotiations of it all.
“Hopefully, it’ll get sorted,” Taylor told The Shields Gazette. “I’ve got a year left on my contract, and my agent’s in talks with the club. I’ve left it to him – that’s the best thing for me, as I just want to play football. That’s all I’m focused on.”
Hopefully it will get sorted, and whilst I personally wouldn’t miss Taylor if he did leave, it can’t be denied that he has something that we need this season – Premier League experience.
Taylor missed a large part of last season with a knee injury suffered against West Brom way back in January which effectively ended his participation in our title winning campaign, and that is something that will be spurring Taylor on this season.
“I just want to get back playing again – I can’t wait. We’ll be playing against some of the best players in the world, and you want to test yourself against the best. It’s the league you want to play in.”
“Running out at St James’s Park in front of 52,000 is the best feeling in the world – it’s what being a professional footballer’s all about. It’s an honour to wear that shirt.”
Good words from Taylor there and whilst I will remain sceptical of him until he signs a new contract, he is beginning to make the right kind of noises, the noise that the fans want to hear about how proud he is to wear the shirt and how it is the best feeling in the world to run out in front of a packed St James’ Park.
At the end of the day, the fact that he has come out and openly admitted he is in negotiations could indicate that a deal is not far off being agreed. Sceptics point towards this new wage cap as perhaps being the reason that it has taken so long to admit that negotiations are taken place, you know, this wage cap that is being mentioned in the press and nowhere else, that one. Exactly.
Hopefully it can be sorted sooner rather than later as it will eliminate another little distraction from the equation, and distractions are something none of us should want as the team begins to close in on the new season.
Sign it soon Tayls!
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Things are going from bad to worse for the moaning minnies! ;)