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The sad thing will be when Joey signs for Blackburn at the end of the season on less money than he turned down (but probably more years).

 

That is assuming Blackburn don't go down.

 

The thing is even if he betters last season he will be going on 30 and top clubs won't be interested in him with his 'history'.

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The sad thing will be when Joey signs for Blackburn at the end of the season on less money than he turned down (but probably more years).

 

That is assuming Blackburn don't go down.

 

The thing is even if he betters last season he will be going on 30 and top clubs won't be interested in him with his 'history'.

 

Blackburn have money now, he would get a good deal there tbh

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I still think he'll sign before start of the new season, he is a great player for us and seems to want to be here. I think the broad vs him and his agent is juat 2 stubborn sets of ppl diggin their heels in, a compromise will be made at some point. take away his past and he's and england regular in my mind.

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I don't see any worthy (in his view) club offering Barton a longer-term deal on the money he wants and the club have used this to their advantage. As long as he has an inflated view of his own worth, there is little point entering into negotiations.

 

It's a high-risk strategy, but then Barton is a high-risk player. He was brilliant last season, but poor / injured/ incarcerated for the previous three. So maybe not too unreasonable to see how he fares this time round.

 

Perhaps an October contract offer would be well-timed.

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The sad thing will be when Joey signs for Blackburn at the end of the season on less money than he turned down (but probably more years).

 

That is assuming Blackburn don't go down.

 

The thing is even if he betters last season he will be going on 30 and top clubs won't be interested in him with his 'history'.

 

Blackburn have money now, he would get a good deal there tbh

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Mind you, I'm still holding out hope that he'll stay with us beyond this coming season.

 

Dunno - I think he's given it too large with the talkin/twitter stuff.

I'd vote for your hope but  sense that there would have to be some really serious giving way from both sides.

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The only quotes we have are from Barton and his agent are they not? They maintain the club have decided not to offer him a new contract. To use an argument Tron often does, why hasn't the club denied this if it's untrue and he simply didn't accept the one on the table?

 

Both sides are not telling the truth tbh.

I would believe Barton over the other scum bags tbh,our team is slowly getting ripped apart by  Laurel and Hardy pulling the strings of Depardew getting paid to take the flak .
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Mind you, I'm still holding out hope that he'll stay with us beyond this coming season.

 

Dunno - I think he's given it too large with the talkin/twitter stuff.

I'd vote for your hope but  sense that there would have to be some really serious giving way from both sides.

 

Barton's situation is definitely not looking good in terms of staying beyond his current contract. But like I've said, I really hope he stays.....

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It's also a huge gamble on Barton's part like.

 

Sure, it's fine for him to say I'll take £50k a week as a reduction but I want a 3 year contract rather than 2, but if it gets to March/April and he's not in the side which is a possibility with midfield being our strongest area in terms of quality and depth, it might be the case where no-one will offer him that, and he gets something like £30k just to stay as a squad member.

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As long as he stays this season I am happy. He can be replaced over time imo but it would be nice to keep the momentum of the team from last year and build on that, rather than gambling and gutting it and putting fresh replacements in.

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As long as he stays this season I am happy. He can be replaced over time imo but it would be nice to keep the momentum of the team from last year and build on that, rather than gambling and gutting it and putting fresh replacements in.

 

This really, any kind of extension would be a bonus for me!

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:lol:

 

Honestly think the length of the contract is more important than the actual wedge. Not that the contract (if there is one?) will get signed due to general stubbornness and a lack of compromise.

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Got it. He's worth no more than £3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679 

8214808651328230664709384460955058223172535940812848111745028410270193852110555964462294895493038196 

4428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273 

724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609m per year IMO.

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I'd be satisfied with that, personally. He should be too.

 

Nixon, you've made Dave so mad that he's broke the thread. Look. Look what you did. He's gone against everything he's ever stood for.

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