United trigger a one year extension to AWB's contract

Bastian · Jan 3, 2024

United trigger a one year extension to AWB's contract

So he's contracted until 2025. To be expected, but the speculation regarding negotiating an improved deal to his current 90K a week deal is puzzling. If we are trying to reign in the wage bill what should a squad player be earning here? Would he earn more than a 100K elsewhere?

We were thinking of improving Maguire's contract under Ole, which I think is at around 190K - and that despite him having a very long contract. We wanted to do the same with Bruno, which we ended up doing. We've obviously got Martial on 250K, Sancho on something crazy (above 300K I think) and Rashford on a superstar contract.

Surely a squad player at United shouldn't be earning more than 100K at the absolute most?

Aside from that, I think it makes sense to trigger the options for him and Lindelof, not least if we plan on selling them in the summer.

Vidyoyo · Jan 3, 2024

I like it I like it

TwoSheds · Jan 3, 2024

He's pretty good, not old, and is one of the few players in our team who would interest other decent teams if he were available. Don't see what would be wrong with rewarding his performances with £100-120k a week including the clean sheet bonus and whatnot.

Bastian · Jan 3, 2024

TwoSheds said:
He's pretty good, not old, and is one of the few players in our team who would interest other decent teams if he were available. Don't see what would be wrong with rewarding his performances with £100-120k a week including the clean sheet bonus and whatnot.

I think we could garner interest in Lindelof, Dalot, AWB, Maguire, McTominay, pretty much all of them. The only ones we'll struggle to sell is Donny and obviously no one is buying Martial but he's out of contract in 6 months. There's quite a few we'd have to take a big hit on like Maguire, Sancho, Antony. Mind, not saying we should sell all those players (the majority, yes), just that I don't believe we cannot get rid if the club becomes more ruthless.

What better facilitates selling players will certainly be not having them on huge contracts too.

dazjoe · Jan 3, 2024

I'm OK with that. He's not bad, just not great. He's worked pretty hard to improve, and doesn't seem to have kicked up a stink about wanting to be 1st choice.
A new RB is a must, but as are oh so many positions. Having AWB as a back up option is fine.
We can't sell off every player in the squad, it can only be done in batches; so if a new CB and RB are brought in this summer, and then Maguire and Dalot, maybe Malacia too, leaving is fine for now.

TwoSheds · Jan 3, 2024

Bastian said:
I think we could garner interest in Lindelof, Dalot, AWB, Maguire, McTominay, pretty much all of them. The only ones we'll struggle to sell is Donny and obviously no one is buying Martial but he's out of contract in 6 months. There's quite a few we'd have to take a big hit on like Maguire, Sancho, Antony. Mind, not saying we should sell all those players (the majority, yes), just that I don't believe we cannot get rid if the club becomes more ruthless.

What better facilitates selling players will certainly be not having them on huge contracts too.

Yep but 100k isn't really a huge contract. I reckon Villa would pay £30-40m for Wan Bissaka quite happily for example. Would fit Emery's system quite well as he seems to think Cash is too attacking.

Ali Dia · Jan 3, 2024

Bastian said:
I think we could garner interest in Lindelof, Dalot, AWB, Maguire, McTominay, pretty much all of them. The only ones we'll struggle to sell is Donny and obviously no one is buying Martial but he's out of contract in 6 months. There's quite a few we'd have to take a big hit on like Maguire, Sancho, Antony. Mind, not saying we should sell all those players (the majority, yes), just that I don't believe we cannot get rid if the club becomes more ruthless.

What better facilitates selling players will certainly be not having them on huge contracts too.

Contracts massively incentivised with bonus payments. If a player is being frozen out due to poor performance or behaviour their basic rate is much lower. They’ll be chomping at the bit to go asap

Ole'sgunnarwin · Jan 3, 2024

Fantastic, looking forward to seeing Wan Bissaka and Antony to continue our attacking right hand side for years to come.

R'hllor · Jan 3, 2024

Good decision, we have to protect that value, if +1 year on contracts was illegal think brains would melt in that boardroom.

Blood Mage · Jan 3, 2024

Bad timing as he's in horrible form at the moment. If he can recapture his form from last season it's a good decision though.

RedDevil@84 · Jan 3, 2024

I don't believe we are reigning in any salaries. No one is gonna join us for regular salaries.

Insanity · Jan 4, 2024

Another mediocre player who'll have a testimonial here by the end of it. I don't think he is good enough even as a back-up. He doesn't have any ability as footballer besides his tackling, the need for which arises as he is constantly out of position.

No positional sense, no heading ability, no attacking threat, lazy tracking back...cue one year extension trigger and talk of a new contract. Amazing!

flappyjay · Jan 4, 2024

Varane is leaving= need new cb
Antony is piss, sancho the cnut is gone= need new rw
Rasmus is clearly not ready =need another striker
Midfield lacks quality.

I dont mind sticking with awb for another year, our midfield and forward line is atrocious.

AndySmith1990 · Jan 4, 2024

He's not good enough, but he'll keep getting a free ride because our full backs seem to be seen as the least important area of the team.

2 man midfield · Jan 4, 2024

Don’t mind this, Dalot was the one we should’ve let run down/sold. Then we bring in a better right back to start as first choice. Don’t think either of these are the answer long term.

Toshey · Jan 4, 2024

What happened to him anyway, he looks SO SLOW nowadays, moves like he has Luke Shaw level of ass weight.

Real Name · Jan 4, 2024

Among a ton of bad decisions this is a good one.

Reading some of the posts here it looks like many havent seen him in action ever.

gajender · Jan 4, 2024

TwoSheds said:
Yep but 100k isn't really a huge contract. I reckon Villa would pay £30-40m for Wan Bissaka quite happily for example. Would fit Emery's system quite well as he seems to think Cash is too attacking.

100k a week is a huge contract outside top Clubs and nobody would offer that to Wan-Bissaka on top of transfer fee , if we are stupid enough to extend his contract then we are struck with another mediocre player for foreseeable future .

Best course of action sell him for 15-20 m in Summer if not let him leave for free in Summer of 2025 .

Bondi77 · Jan 4, 2024

Toshey said:
What happened to him anyway, he looks SO SLOW nowadays, moves like he has Luke Shaw level of ass weight.

He was fined for speeding not so long ago I think so that has probably had an effect.

Cloud7 · Jan 4, 2024

I think we should look at selling him and bringing in a proper quality first choice RB. In the long term neither him nor Dalot are really where we want to be in terms of RB quality, but Dalot is at least versatile and can cover RB and LB.

Cloud7 · Jan 4, 2024

TwoSheds said:
Yep but 100k isn't really a huge contract. I reckon Villa would pay £30-40m for Wan Bissaka quite happily for example. Would fit Emery's system quite well as he seems to think Cash is too attacking.

It is a huge contract outside of United. Even among top clubs I believe that’s a lot for a player like AWB

Ekeke · Jan 4, 2024

Obvious one, will never get enough credit on here

Judas · Jan 4, 2024

Not good enough at all, but when a joker likes Dalot gets a new deal, this was bound to happen too. He’s probably the better of the two now, but not at the required level. Back up squad option quality I suppose.

Scandi Red · Jan 4, 2024

Good decision.

The rightback position will need fixing at one point, but there are at least 4 or 5 other positions that need an upgrade before this.

TwoSheds · Jan 4, 2024

gajender said:
100k a week is a huge contract outside top Clubs and nobody would offer that to Wan-Bissaka on top of transfer fee , if we are stupid enough to extend his contract then we are struck with another mediocre player for foreseeable future .

Best course of action sell him for 15-20 m in Summer if not let him leave for free in Summer of 2025 .

Cashe earns £80k a week from a contract he signed when Villa were relegation strugglers...it's obviously not peanuts but it's not crazy.

Kostov · Jan 4, 2024

I think he has been one of our better performers again this year. Absolutely fine with having him as an option long term. Whether we upgrade on him that is another matter.

Donut · Jan 4, 2024

He’s by far the better player than Dalot, yet Dalot gets so much more leeway from ETH due to his supposed ball playing ability.

Dorris · Jan 4, 2024

Donut said:
He’s by far the better player than Dalot, yet Dalot gets so much more leeway from ETH due to his supposed ball playing ability.

This is absolutely nuts. Dalot is miles ahead of him.

Toshey · Jan 4, 2024

Dorris said:
This is absolutely nuts. Dalot is miles ahead of him.

eeeh...
They are pretty much on the same level.
Dalot is a bit shit at defending and okay going forward, AWB is a bit shit going forward and okay at defending.

They both have weird weaknesses also.
AWB never heard of goalside, when VAR is reviewing attacks against us, you can bet your life he's playing them on.

Dalot is always looking to shoot when attacking, which is insane for a fullback.
His first thought is always "find a way to shoot it", not "pass it".

So yeah, the good fullback would be a hybrid between those two.
Seperately they are kinda okay.

groovyalbert · Jan 4, 2024

Happy to keep him around. The way he knuckled down last season was impressive and he offers something we don't have.

With better wingback options - and when CBs are fit - he could play right of a back 3 too with relative ease.

wolvored · Jan 4, 2024

This indicates another transfer in the summer I reckon. Him and Lindelof maybe get 40 mill for both if lucky.

DWelbz19 · Jan 4, 2024

Toshey said:
What happened to him anyway, he looks SO SLOW nowadays, moves like he has Luke Shaw level of ass weight.

He's always been Aaron Jogbacka

Oranges038 · Jan 4, 2024

Dorris said:
This is absolutely nuts. Dalot is miles ahead of him.

They are both as bad as each other and both should be moved on.

Hopefully this is just to try and sell him for a fee in the summer.

Rossa · Jan 4, 2024

Ole'sgunnarwin said:
Fantastic, looking forward to seeing Wan Bissaka and Antony our ~~attacking~~ right hand side for years to come.

Fixed that for you.

MadDogg · Jan 4, 2024

RedDevil@84 said:
I don't believe we are reigning in any salaries. No one is gonna join us for regular salaries.

Players who are already at the top echelon won't. But if we're signing players who haven't stepped up to the top level yet (but we think they have the ability to) then there's absolutely no reason why they won't join us for a sensible wage. It'll still be significantly more than what they were earning at their previous club.

RoyH1 · Jan 4, 2024

If it's to make sure we get a better price for him in the summer I'm all for it. If he's seen as a building block moving forward, then I find myself scratching my head.

Rossa · Jan 4, 2024

Toshey said:
What happened to him anyway, he looks SO SLOW nowadays, moves like he has Luke Shaw level of ass weight.

He's never been keen running back if left out of position or skinned - he leaves that job for others and casually strolls back.

However, I agree that he looks slower. That being said, I don't think he's ever been particularly fast - average for a fullback.

MadDogg · Jan 4, 2024

Toshey said:
eeeh...
They are pretty much on the same level.
Dalot is a bit shit at defending and okay going forward, AWB is a bit shit going forward and okay at defending.

AWB is better in an attacking sense than people make out. Obviously it's not anywhere near elite, but in terms of actual attacking quality I don't think there's much difference between Dalot and AWB. He's a surprisingly effective dribbler, when he decides to get forward he can get into dangerous positions, and when he gets near the byline his cutbacks can be quite dangerous.

It's his ball-playing ability (or lack thereof) and build-up play where he struggles massively and where Dalot has a significant advantage. It's strange because AWB makes the occasional really smart pass that breaks the opposition press, but the vast majority of the time he just plays the obvious short pass. Dalot has a lot more variety and ability in that regard.

Lee565 · Jan 4, 2024

He is lucky that we have spent so poorly in what would be deemed more important areas of the pitch so the priority to address the right back position gets pushed further back

It is amateur hour though from the manaer and directors to have not have tried to sell him last summer as our hand is now forced next summer as we will have to eiter sell him really cheap with teams knowing he only has one final year left or we will have to cave in to unjustified wages to not lose him for nothing by the end of next season

Lay · Jan 4, 2024

This just means he will wait another year before leaving on a free

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