Sentences with phrase «to run down one's contract»

It seems the German club would rather a player run down their contract in hope of a late commitment, rather than to sell for a cheap fee.

This money hungry owner would not be so dumb to let them leave for free after running down their contracts and ruining the atmosphere in the dressing room.

You see what he is trying to do in running down the contracts of the players that are in final year?

More of blaming his team mates, mind set elsewhere, looking sad when substituted, disrupting the team unity, selfish play, no motivation and just running down his contract.

I had been thinking about this a while back and I realized what is happening right now is actually in our favour in terms of players running down their contracts.

There was no rational reason to run down the contracts of so many major players into the last year.

A superb player at Liverpool who made his mark at Real Madrid as well, the former England midfielder ran down his contract at Anfield before moving to the Bernabeu and winning two Champions League titles.

Letting Sanchez run down his contract got us into a right pickle.

Then keep him to run down his contract rather than going to City this term.

If Wenger is serious he will run down his contract if no extension is agreed.

Arsenal are very keen for Ramsey to agree a new extension before the end of the season or risk having another Ozil / Alexis situation on their hands, but there is a report today that the Welshman and his agent are willing to risk running down the contract next season, and holding the club to ransom to give him a massive increase on his current # 110,000 a week or allow him to negotiate with other clubs next January.

A free agent after running down his contract with Dynamo, the Rio - born front - man is adamant he still has two or three seasons of top - class football in him and has revealed that he has had received «concrete» offers from elite German clubs, possibly Hannover and Augsburg.

I hope the board have enough confidence in Wenger to not sell Alexis for how much we could lose out on for missing CL, let Alexis run down his contract... It would send a sign to other clubs that we will not be forced into selling our ambition cheaply.

did he not run down his contract and leave on a free?

We may all expect to see Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez move away from Arsenal for free next summer, but as Arsene Wenger said last summer, we will be seeing more and more players running down their contracts in the future so they can get much higher wages when they actually move clubs.

I can't be annoyed at him for running down his contract because he did give everything when he played for the club, but a potential move to Manchester City loses him a mark.

: He'll likely stay with Villa until the end of the season where he will run down his contract before joining United on a free.

When ozil ox Sanchez and whoever else run down their contract then what.

Wenger can not be let to run down his contract FFS!!

The best Arsenal can do is to exactly run down their contract, for the first time, no matter what media says, Arsenal is in front.

Players willingly run down their contract or buy out their contract to go to BM, Arsenal or no other EPL club will have that ever for the financial equality we have in EPL.

Sale Jenko, sale Debuchy, let Gibbs run down his contract and bring in better players in those positions to compete with Bellarin and probably displace Monreal.

let Per run down his contract, release him, replace him with Virgil Van Dijk n give Koscielny the captain band permanently.

The giant Romanian ran down his contract at Man City and made the move to the Stadium of Light in order to get a more regular run of games.

There is no way that Arsenal can afford to let Alexis Sanchez AND Oxlade - Chamberlain run down their contracts, so we may as well try and get something out of Chelsea in the deal.

Allowing three players to run down their contracts reeks of ineptitude — not just him there were others compliant in that little mess.

The Sanchez and Ozil run down contracts situation is damning proof of this.

Podolski 2016 Campbell 2016 and Sanogo 2017 may run down their contracts C'm on Arsene get creative move these deadwood on.

«The only way the board should have allowed him to run down his contract yet again is if they had private assurances from him that he was staying.

Walcott's over the hill and happy to run down his contract which will see him paid 28 mill by June 2019.

He lost all the respect we have for him and his refusal to step down means he has no love for the club and all he cares is money which is the reason he wants to run down his contract always...

I would rather run down his contract till 2018, remaining another season, where we can also win something, even if we have to afford a loss

Wenger can not just get rid of those players he signed 2 - 3 years ago, they need to run down the contracts first, hence why we have seen a gradual improvement in our squad and NOT and overnight revamp.

Yep, and we wont get 3 top players anyway, we have to replace outgoing deadwood too, and anyone who runs down their contract next year (Ox, Ramsey, Gibbs, Wilshere have not signed extensions yet).

BvB have not shown any signs of forcefully letting Miki run down his contract, which might suggest they are ok to let him leave.

In my opinion he seems to be one of those players that unfortunately falls into limbo at Arsenal, going out on endless loan spells, before finally running down their contracts and being released.

If Gallas runs down his contract and leaves then surely Arsene Wenger and Arsenal must begin to question the way they handle negotiations in the future.

How can a player who clearly loves, adores and breathes everything Liverpool be allowed to run down their contract like Flanagan has?

«The shorter the player's contract, the less transfer value he has to clubs, as there is always the risk to the club that the player will simply run down his contract.

Some high - profile players do run down their contracts: Michael Ballack, Andrea Pirlo, and Robert Lewandowski are three of the biggest names to do so in recent years.

He refused to sign a new deal for months, hoping to run down his contract so he could bugger off to Liverpool on a free for higher wages.

Then another report said he has run down his contract at Arsenal.

The 37 - year - old had most recently been with MLS outfit New York Red Bulls and was fully expected to continue his career elsewhere after running down his contract with the club at the end of the regular season last month.

Until we show we're ready to run down a contract rather than get bullied into selling this sort of obsession with Alexis will keep happening.