Ayling in talks

I can't see Leeds signing him again, after letting him go on loan i.e. saying he was not good enough for their squad.

Burnley and Sheffield United could be sniffing about. Also Hull were paying big wages last season.

A 2 year deal could be a good selling point, as other teams will definitely not want to.
 
Bruce said:
How much Sheffield Utd have to spend presumably depends on their owner. They won't have any PSR issues it's just whether their owner is willing to spend his money.

Their squad will be threadbare and there will be no lack of players wanting out but they could easily outbid us on wages for Ayling if they decided they wanted to. The club is a basket case financially purely because of its owner.

I have no idea how it's going to pan out but I can't see both Wilder and owner being there at Christmas if he doesn't stick his hand in his pocket.

I can see Wilder focusing on experienced free agents like Ayling and McNair; there's a lot of them this season and if the owner doesn't want to pay transfer fees they can offer top Championship wages. Most players will follow the money. Norwich did something similar this season and it has worked out ok for them. It's a dead end if you don't get promoted but that's never worried Wilder.
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"The club is a basket case financially purely because of its owner".

Same as Boro according to some on here.
 
Redwurzel said:
can't see Leeds signing him again, after letting him go on loan i.e. saying he was not good enough for their squad.
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But maybe they'll think he will be good enough for their squad if they don't get promoted and they offer him a Championship wage rather than a Premier League wage
 
Say for example we offer him £15K a week for two years with a promotion uplift. If we only need him as a first choice RB for 1 year then the (15*52) £780K wages for the second year acts pretty much like a transfer fee.

In reality, if we get promoted then we would buy or loan a Premier league quality right back and keep Ayling as a sub. If we don't get promoted, after 1 year then pretty much the same happens except he may play a little more and we would possibly buy a RB that needs a little more development. Either way, that second year is pretty useful for us.

At this point we don't know what will happen with Tommy Smith but there's a fair chance that missing close to 12 months football at his age is probably not something you can come back from at this level.
 
Bruce said:
Say for example we offer him £15K a week for two years with a promotion uplift. If we only need him as a first choice RB for 1 year then the (15*52) £780K wages for the second year acts pretty much like a transfer fee.

In reality, if we get promoted then we would buy or loan a Premier league quality right back and keep Ayling as a sub. If we don't get promoted, after 1 year then pretty much the same happens except he may play a little more and we would possibly buy a RB that needs a little more development. Either way, that second year is pretty useful for us.

At this point we don't know what will happen with Tommy Smith but there's a fair chance that missing close to 12 months football at his age is probably not something you can come back from at this level.
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Smith might not even be back for pre-season or the season kickoff
 
Its probably the wages - if he was on say bottom end Premier League wages at Leeds and we are offering around average Championship wages say £35k/week against £18k/week.
 
Redwurzel said:
Its probably the wages - if he was on say bottom end Premier League wages at Leeds and we are offering around average Championship wages say £35k/week against £18k/week.
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He wants 12k a week, reportedly.

Length of contract is likelier to be the bigger issue. I imagine Ayling wants 2 years while we'd prefer 1 year with an option to extend (which I think is what we'll agree on, tbh.)
 
If we think he should be an asset in the Championship for a couple of years still, and the evidence so far suggests he would, can anyone explain what the downside of giving him a 2 year deal would be?
 
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