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  On 15/01/2013 at 16:12, Fenham Mag said:

George Caulkin ‏@CaulkinTheTimes

Coloccini info I had was as follows: meeting with #Nufc hierarchy & legal team tomorrow. It's delicate, but he's got 3yrs on contract, he's 30 & an asset. Since when do #Nufc give players/money away? Would expect him to be asked to stay for rest of season & reassess. Needs to be handled carefully and with tact, but that seems reasonable to me.

 

Obviously a bit different but...

 

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Should the club be prepared to cancel his contract, then would it not be reasonable to ask him to stay until we are safe from relegation and the sooner that happens, then the sooner he can leave.

 

Obviously we don't know the reasons behind this (and Colo has always come across as very honourable) but you don't want to set a precedent where players start to come up with reasons to walk out on a contract when they feel like it especially if they are still a valuable asset to the club.

 

 

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  On 15/01/2013 at 20:19, BottledDog said:

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Once his heart is set on leaving he'll do everything in his power to make that happen.

 

Everything?

 

Yeah it's completely in his power to just retire. Forgoing his football career, as he wouldn't be able to play for anyone else, if his circumstances are bad enough he should consider that, I doubt he will though.

 

 

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Really worrying times I'm afraid.

Interesting to see what happens here though as MA seems to be adverse to setting precedents and simply cancelling his contract would certainly be a dangerous move (for the club) given the current situation.

Hope we can get something in place that suits both parties.

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  On 15/01/2013 at 19:10, hoppaz said:

The easiest way out for him if he really wanted to help his "sick" wife would be to retire from football completely. Can't wait to see how this one pans out.

Why have you put "sick"?

 

BBC Newcastle were on about this on the radio and the impression given is that she really is sick and it's actually pretty serious but obviously the club have respected it's a private matter and have went public on it.

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  On 15/01/2013 at 23:40, Jack Flash said:

Realistically, we'd get no more than that for him imo. He'll be 31 next week and defenders don't often go for very much.

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  On 16/01/2013 at 02:44, Ronaldo said:

£8m is about right.

 

Agreed. Anyone thinking we'd get more for a 31 yr old is not living in the real world. The valuation seems more to discourage interest to my mind, which is great.

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  On 16/01/2013 at 09:39, TRon said:

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£8m is about right.

 

Agreed. Anyone thinking we'd get more for a 31 yr old is not living in the real world. The valuation seems more to discourage interest to my mind, which is great.

 

isnt the nominal (maximum) value related to the value of his remaining contract in wages?  i.e. he has 3 years left at 3m a year(ish?), so due to fifa rules he has the right to buy himself out by paying this amount to the club, or having whichever club he wanted to move to pay this amount for him.  so, 8-10m?

seem to remember that players wishing to do this had to be two years into the contract they wished to buy out, not completely sure of that though.  either way, the club could be using this method to calculate his value, as at some point he would qualify for this kind of move and his contract at the time would set the price

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