Taylor situation can still be resolved.
Posted on August 26th, 2010 | 83 Comments |
It certainly seems as though Chris Hughton would like to keep the player at St James’ Park and he described the decision to put Taylor on the transfer list as a “club decision”, although I’m not quite sure what that means.
Negotiations have been going on for quite a long time now, much like they did with Taylor’s last contract, and the sticking point does seem to be something to do with those contract negotiations. Figures have been leaked regarding the wages on offer, although the accuracy behind them is up for debate after the agent, Paul Stretford, released a statement yesterday saying that figures being used were “wildly inaccurate”.
Who to believe though? On one hand we have the club, which has admitted lying to fans before, and on the other we have Paul Stretford, the agent who was banned from being an agent for 18-months and fined £300,000 for breaking FA rules whilst being found guilty in a court of law for “making of false and/or misleading witness statements to police, and giving false and/or misleading testimony” over the same incident. Decisions decisions.
Many of the figures being thrown around at the moment are just speculation, but I won’t speculate on them as it may upset two or three people!
One thing is for certain, this situation can still be resolved and Taylor can continue being a Newcastle player and still pen a new contract. None of us know the terms that are being demanded by the player or that have been offered by the club, but I would hazard a guess that the solution may lay in the middle of those two options.
We are approaching the end of the transfer window, and I can see the theory behind the club placing Taylor on the transfer list now. I mean it makes sense to cash in on a player who can negotiate a free transfer to another club in January, right, particularly if contract negotiations have become drawn out?
My own feeling is that this move by the club is a final ‘kick up the arse’ to try and get things sorted one way or the other. With no rumours or speculation allowed, I can’t put any figures that I have heard about in here as I don’t wan’t to upset anyone, but I honestly believe that after all this Taylor will still sign a new contract.
And at least it has stopped us talking about Ben Arfa!
Ben arfa still fishing in seaton sluice.