[maccawozzagod]

choices, choices time for the club.

We haven't the option of 'cashing' in as his transfer fee under the Bosman ruling wouldn't be as great as under contract. Do we accept that he is likely to move on and get what we can for him (bearing in mind that we wouldn;'t stand in the way of a player moving on), or do we offer him the contract that he undoubtedly deserves in the hope that his form carries on next season and we can hope for a bumper pay day?

As a League 1 club we could realistically hope to double what we could get for him, and any pay rise (based on his L2 salary) would be offset slightly by having gone up anyway. But if we dont go up then we may be saddled with a contract that is way above what we can pay, and clubs might be put off buying him knowing they'd have to part with a fee.

We have to offer him an improved contract in order to get anything at all out of a Bosman tribunal, and I believe that the nature of the offer has a bearing on what a tribunal will rule at (ie offer him a pittance and his fee would be next to nowt, triple his wages and make him the highest earner bar none and his fee soars)