[The Joust]

Unless we are relegated Evans won't leave for another English club

[tommcneill]

Cant see us selling Evans, but this is Albion

He should be captain and will be Pulis's new goto guy I think.

Only way I can see us selling is a crazy bid, but we should be coming out and telling people if you want him this is the fee, not waiting on improved bids

Dont want him to go either way he is a class centre half

[baggiejohn]

Cant see us selling Evans, but this is Albion

He should be captain and will be Pulis's new goto guy I think.

Only way I can see us selling is a crazy bid, but we should be coming out and telling people if you want him this is the fee, not waiting on improved bids

Dont want him to go either way he is a class centre half

Isn't that saying he's for sale?

[tommcneill]

Isn't that saying he's for sale?

Every player in the world is for sale at the right price though surely?

We set a price that we know clubs will not pay kind of negates that for me

Far too important to us to sell but slap a £35-40m price on his head and you stop the bids

[skyclad99]

Every player in the world is for sale at the right price though surely?

We set a price that we know clubs will not pay kind of negates that for me

Far too important to us to sell but slap a £35-40m price on his head and you stop the bids

Agreed. Every player is for sale and if Leicester return with a stupid offer then it will be interesting to see how the club react. They can make a big statement to the fans by resisting any improved offer and offering him a new improved contract.

However, selling JE and bringing in Terry will empty the ground I fear........

[tuamigos]

Agreed. Every player is for sale and if Leicester return with a stupid offer then it will be interesting to see how the club react. They can make a big statement to the fans by resisting any improved offer and offering him a new improved contract.

However, selling JE and bringing in Terry will empty the ground I fear........

Yep I'd want my season ticket money back for sure

[ex coseley kid]

Agreed. Every player is for sale and if Leicester return with a stupid offer then it will be interesting to see how the club react. They can make a big statement to the fans by resisting any improved offer and offering him a new improved contract.

However, selling JE and bringing in Terry will empty the ground I fear........

Absolutely. Plus all our players will need to lock up their WAGS.

[Standaman]

Unless we are relegated Evans won't leave for another English club

I think it is naive to think that Leicester haven't been in touch with Evans' agent and got at least some encouragement for their approach for whatever reason.

For the right fee purely from a player trading perspective with 2 years left on a contract that is unlikely to be extended by the player then a sale makes sense. However what is the right price? To be worthwhile it has to be more than a replacement would  cost so £10m ain't it,  particularly as Leicester set a very unhelpful £17m benchmark for the talents of Harry Maguire.

Equally they were put off by the £30m being demanded for Gibson so probably wouldn't stump up £25m for Evans. If I had to guess there is a deal to be done around £20m at £15m we would be better off letting the contract run its course. 

[The Joust]

Yep I'd want my season ticket money back for sure

I second that

[B_H_Baggie]

Only the Sun but they are reporting we are set to offer him a four year deal worth £100k-a-week.

[Beefy]

As good as Johnny Evans is looks like we have joined the Footballing Mad world  Doh

The Sun - West Brom‏ @SunWestBrom 6h6 hours ago
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EXCLUSIVE: Jonny Evans set to bank £20m with £100,000-a-week contract http://thesun.uk/60158Wzxd

[skyclad99]

As good as Johnny Evans is looks like we have joined the Footballing Mad world  Doh

The Sun - West Brom‏ @SunWestBrom 6h6 hours ago
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EXCLUSIVE: Jonny Evans set to bank £20m with £100,000-a-week contract http://thesun.uk/60158Wzxd

If true then it is the first positive indication of intent under the Lai administration. Good to hear.

[WBAinDEVON]

As good as Johnny Evans is looks like we have joined the Footballing Mad world  Doh

The Sun - West Brom‏ @SunWestBrom 6h6 hours ago
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EXCLUSIVE: Jonny Evans set to bank £20m with £100,000-a-week contract http://thesun.uk/60158Wzxd

sign of the times eh but no footballer is worth it

[mikehy]

As good as Johnny Evans is looks like we have joined the Footballing Mad world  Doh

The Sun - West Brom‏ @SunWestBrom 6h6 hours ago
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EXCLUSIVE: Jonny Evans set to bank £20m with £100,000-a-week contract http://thesun.uk/60158Wzxd

We have got to join the mad world if we want to continue to play with the big boys

[skyclad99]

We have got to join the mad world if we want to continue to play with the big boys

Of course the alternative to this is that we maintain our wage cap at however much it is, and JE leaves the club. Once this happens we all come onto sites like this and complain bitterly about how behind our club is........we can't win really can we?

As I have said earlier this is a good statement of intent if true.

[The Joust]

As good as Johnny Evans is looks like we have joined the Footballing Mad world  Doh

The Sun - West Brom‏ @SunWestBrom 6h6 hours ago
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EXCLUSIVE: Jonny Evans set to bank £20m with £100,000-a-week contract http://thesun.uk/60158Wzxd

Very pleased with. Statement of intent by the new owner. Make him the highest paid player, give him the armband, 4 year deal. Class. Albion moving with the times when the likes of Arsenal struggling to do similar with their best players.

[Jordie1471]

To the people moaning I recommend hating the game not the player (wba in this case)

Leicester winning the league was awful for football as it helps mean we are never going to see this awful inbalance in finances between the top 6 teams and the other 14 addressed anytime soon.

[Fritzl Palace]

Sadly as soon as a bid comes in, the agent will go straight to the board with a new and improved contract request. Nature of the beast now.

[darbolina]

Question is for me, if we lost Evans, in order to buy a 29 year old CB with his experience and calibre would likely cost us 20m (Maguire 17m) so I don't think shelling out on extra wages for him is a bad investment? I do agree that the fact I'm justifying such big numbers for a footballer is absurd though which was the well made point - will this ever stop or will there one day be bands of wages  and wage caps - doubt it - agents and now clubs who own agents (conflict alert) are the ones making all the money these days really. Not Jonny's fault at all of course, good luck to him

[MarkW]

We normally fail to cash in on our best players.  We didn't for Mulumbu or Olsson, and I doubt we will for Evans.

£25 million would bolster our transfer kitty, and I'd hope we'd reinvest it well (remains to be seen though).

[sing on our own]

No problem with Evans getting that money he's worth it in the crazy world of football it's just when mediocre players get that kind of money it all goes wrong. I'm sure if he does sign the other players agents will be on the phone wanting the same and if they don't they will most probably play up.

[Albionic]

No problem with Evans getting that money he's worth it in the crazy world of football it's just when mediocre players get that kind of money it all goes wrong. I'm sure if he does sign the other players agents will be on the phone wanting the same and if they don't they will most probably play up.

Also sets the standard for prospective signings ! BUT on a plus side will make us more attractive to said signings I suppose.

I hate SKY !

[Standaman]

As a statement of intent it sucks, frankly we have been turned over by the oldest trick in the book. Couple of unsatisfactory bids from a club that probably wouldn't pay Evans more than about £80k a week we are now extending his contract into his mid 30's for £100k a week.

We have spent roughly £10m and not improved the squad. We have the player on a two year contract at somewhere around £50k a week no need to sell nor for that matter improve or extend his  contract.

Despite reports in the media £100k a week players are still not that common. Most mid-table clubs will run to one or two at the most we need to be careful who those players are and be confident that they will be one of their best players through the duration of their contract.

[paulosull]

Evans is our best asset and should  be rewarded for his services  so far, if this story is true then at least it shows a bit of intent by club which has long been  over due. Still mad that we never looked after supper kev on return to prem under Mowbray.

[Standaman]

Evans is our best asset and should  be rewarded for his services  so far, if this story is true then at least it shows a bit of intent by club which has long been  over due. Still mad that we never looked after supper kev on return to prem under Mowbray.

No that is completely about face. We reward players by paying them what they are worth during their current contract as we have done with Evans future contracts are about they are worth in the future . If true the £100k figure might hold today still a bit of a stretch in my view it but it probably won't in 2 or 3 years time.