Callum Wilson

[ponsaelius]

I don't agree with it but I can see why we'd be contemplating a new contract tbh. Replacing him is not difficult given he's contributing nothing when injured - but it is is going to cost a fair chunk of money to sign a new striker. Even Osula who is extremely raw at this level cost us £15 million FFS.

 

We're going to get this situation with a lot of squad players where they are past the point we can cash in on them, but we don't have the budget to replace them, so they keep getting new deals. The Paul Dummett zone.

 

The focus is going to be on RW, CB, GK this summer. Plus possibly a new midfielder. Finding the funds for a rotation CF when we let the current one walk for free might be tricky.

[Hanshithispantz]

Selling your top shagger is a rookies mistake and thankfully one Howe is wise too.

[ponsaelius]

If you have a RW who can genuinely play through the middle, and Osula kicks on as a genuine option, you can afford to carry him a bit more as an old head in and around the place. Particularly if the wages reflect that. 

 

The problem at the moment is him being unavailable leaves us painfully so short in striking areas. 

[Tsunami]

We’d need to offer a hefty wage cut if we’re thinking of offering a 1 year extension. He will get injured again and if he doesn’t well he’s had enough paid time off.

[Likelylad]

Pay as you play/fit and definitely worth keeping. 

[TRon]

Never a good idea to put any store on him for a run of games, but was good to see him come through almost the full game unscathed, and a trademark poacher's goal.

[SteV]

2 minutes ago, Likelylad said:

Pay as you play/fit and definitely worth keeping. 

Those type of contracts just don’t exist at the top level.

 

You might be be able to get a little bit of wage differential based on fitness, but I’m not sure Wilson, or any other PL-level player would sign that, given they’d nearly always have other options.

[Checko]

If it's £1,000 per week then definitely sign him up.

 

If it's £100,000pw then no thanks.

 

Somewhere between those extremes there'll be a point where it ceases to be worth it. Just depends on how much really.

 

If next season we're going into things with 1. elite first chose (Isak), 2. talented young gun (Osula), 3. wise old head (Wilson) as our striking options that's decent. Puts off having to buy another striker for another year so we can invest in other areas.

[Sibierski]

Only way I’d give him in a new deal is if it’s one year and on like £60k a week max. 
 

Then it’s down to him. Does he move and get a better longer deal elsewhere, or if we’re in Europe, take the one year deal and likely his last ever chance to play European football.

[christ]

Has he been ruled out for the next few months yet?

[SUPERTOON]

Giving him a new contract shouldn’t even be an option tbh. He cannot be relied upon at all, let him go on a free. Be a really poor decision to extend it imo.

[Wolfcastle]

Oxymoronically a lesser player but one who is reliably available would be an improvement.

[andyc35i]

The sad thing on this whole debate is that we’d all happily have a fit Callum Wilson as backup to Isak and Osula just behind - well at least for one more season anyways.
 

I can see us taking the risk again next season and and giving him one more year as there’s other priorities in the squad

[relámpago blanco]

21 minutes ago, Sibierski said:

Only way I’d give him in a new deal is if it’s one year and on like £60k a week max. 
 

Then it’s down to him. Does he move and get a better longer deal elsewhere, or if we’re in Europe, take the one year deal and likely his last ever chance to play European football.

50K plus 50k for 70 minutes, 30k per goal.

[Rod]

1 hour ago, relámpago blanco said:

50K plus 50k for 70 minutes, 30k per goal.

Are you his agent?

[Ashley17]

In an ideal world we wouldn't need to keep him but with the financial restrictions it probably makes sense.

 

Keep him and he and Osula can share backup duties - we will probably have some European games to contend with next season.

 

If he leaves, you probably need to sign somebody else to be backup. As we know, that costs money and probably stops us strengthening elsewhere. Osula is getting there but he's still very raw.

 

Obviously the enormous gamble is his fitness but if you can have him available for 15-20 games (across all competitions) it's still cheaper than having to buy somebody else.

[Karjala]

On 05/02/2025 at 18:19, Karjala said:

He'll be flying tonight, only been injured 268 of the last 359 days. A meer 41 games missed since Feb 11th 2024.

Pay as you play, or £10k/week and £20k a goal and he's worth keeping. 

Not worth paying a full contract for someone who won't play 15 games next season.

[JT24]

Do people genuinely think he will sign up for a “pay as you play” contract?

 

If so, why?

[PauloGeordio]

 

[Keegans Export]

2 hours ago, christ said:

Has he been ruled out for the next few months yet?

He'll tear his pectoral putting the pen down after he's signed the new contract 

[Miercoles]

I mean he scored but he didn't look like he had anything in the tank today at all. Could barely jog.

 

We all have a nice idea in our mind of what Wilson was or could have been, but he's not getting (back) to those levels again man.

 

Unless he moves to Forest.

[PauloGeordio]

Just now, Miercoles said:

I mean he scored but he didn't look like he had anything in the tank today at all. Could barely jog.

 

We all have a nice idea in our mind of what Wilson was or could have been, but he's not getting (back) to those levels again man.

 

Unless he moves to Forest.

[Menace]

Pay as you play contracts generally don't exist at the top level so I don't know why people keep mentioning it. 

 

We're at the second stage of the Callum Wilson cycle. He's scored a goal and people are now contemplating a new contract. 

 

Third stage will be him getting a new contract and getting injured.

[Nucasol]

Didn’t realise after six years at NUFC that was his first FA Cup game.

[ExiledGeordie]

7 hours ago, Miercoles said:

I mean he scored but he didn't look like he had anything in the tank today at all. Could barely jog.

 

We all have a nice idea in our mind of what Wilson was or could have been, but he's not getting (back) to those levels again man.

 

Unless he moves to Forest.

You make it sound like he was a complete waste of space which is nonsense. He’s been out for months, what were you expecting plus he scored. He hasn’t proved he can stay fit but if he can he’ll play a major role from now til the end of the season. His goal yesterday was a classic poachers goal which we’ll need and he’s a great target man.