Has this been raised before regarding Scott? That's a pretty incredible statement. Who wrote it?
The club not "being rushed" on a new contract offer (despite having mountains of cap room) can only mean a few things.
- Bailey's manager is asking for overs, or there is a big gap in expectation. It would seem based on that article the club hasn't even offered him a new deal yet for it to be rejected though.
- It can't be list spots etc. He's not a candidate for delisting and there's 10 others that would come before him.
It must mean one of the following then:
- The club want to lowball him to an extent and don't deem him worthy of a long deal/large wage.
Or
- The club must be shopping him. Maybe with the view with McKercher, Duursma and maybe another mid this year, there's an honest conversation had/to be had about his long term future?
- By extension, Bailey wants to explore his options?
- Or both?
Anyway, a fairly big development for a senior player of ours.
I could see Bailey's management pushing for a fat pay rise/longer term deal on the back of his last 2 years b&f results