jirskyr
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@happy tiger said:@tigersrule4life said:You think he will stay at the tigers.
I'll let James answer that question
He still wants to , that's for sure TR4L
I can't tell you Milky because he is desperately hoping the Tigers will increase the 1st and 2nd years of the contract
It's interesting you say that, I wonder why Tedesco's contract was not being discussed at the end of last year?
If you look at recent re-signings - Sirro, Nofo, Brooks, Simona, Woods - we got in before any other clubs were able to make much of an approach. In other words, right deal at the right time. It doesn't seem to be Tigers MO to wait too long on key re-signings.
Did Tedesco want to postpone contract talks until his form could bump the price? Risky strategy, as has been discussed previously, but not just due to injury, but due to the risk of money being spent elsewhere.
If what Happy says is true, Tigers want to offer Tedesco a back-loaded contract, which means we have run out of cap space over the next two years, which means the money has already been spent elsewhere whilst Tedesco was under consideration.
There is no other reason to backload the contract, because subject to any special provisions, he gets the full value after 4 years regardless of how the payments are split.
I also don't remember the exact specifics, but I recall Farah taking a good while to decide to re-sign, also including a "tour" or some such at Canterbury and/or Parra. Considering he and Teddy share managers, makes you wonder how much of the whole delay / media play-out / contradicting information thing is Ayoub's doing.