Hunt signs to 2012

[The Cube]

I can't think of any reason why Reading would agree to a deal where the release clause goes down. Perhaps those who are so confident that this has taken place and that wages have gone up can explain why the club would sign it?

[Sun Tzu]

I would think it more likely that the clause has been removed - and replaced by one linked to our fate at the end of the season.

A monetary clause isn't really of much use to anyone as it forces the clubs hand but can also go against the player if the market changes.

I have no idea what the new deal is mind you...

[Silver Fox]

I don't even think you're being clever there are you?

I mean it, but obviously it was a direct response to your post.

I must have missed the inevitable sale of Doyle that his new contract ensured as we'd get extra money for him. Do you people ever stop to think about the nonsense you're posting?

[Scarface]

If SHunt was so committed to RFC, why didn't he sign this contract before the window closed ? I think it's bollox that he's rewarded in this way, when clearly he wanted out in January.

[readingbedding]

Lump it.

[Wycombe Royal]

why didn't he sign this contract before the window closed ?.

Maybe the club hadn't offered him it? He can't sign something that isn't there.

[Wax Jacket]

only briefly scanned this but seen no mention of our DoF so well done Nicky Hammond on this

[Starry Blue Hooped Wonder]

why didn't he sign this contract before the window closed ?.

Maybe the club hadn't offered him it? He can't sign something that isn't there.

Or maybe his Agent told him to wait until the window closed in case any better offer came along? Which is fair enough, it's only his job and he doesn't have the loyalty that fans have (and for some reason expect of a teams players).

Good news and good business for reading I think. It stops one of our key assets going for free in the summer and means we are more likely to keep him when we do get promoted.

[Deathy]

Thats great news.

The spirit in the camp must be soaring right now. Right across our All Irish front line.

Da da dada, Paddddddy Power.

Let me at 'em, let me at 'em...

[Huntley & Palmer]

The contract means nothing except insurance for RFC.

Look at the Robbie Keane fiasco.

What on Earth has that got to do with anything?

[Row Z Royal]

I don't even think you're being clever there are you?

I mean it, but obviously it was a direct response to your post.

I must have missed the inevitable sale of Doyle that his new contract ensured as we'd get extra money for him. Do you people ever stop to think about the nonsense you're posting?

You people? LOL

I don't like Hunt, but obviously someone does. If we could have cashed in on other people's idiocy then bring it on.

However, I'd love to be proved wrong and see him perform week in, week out. He'd justify his bumper pay packet and all the hype that he (his agent) has created around him.

[Dr Hfuhruhurr]

. Do you people ever stop to think about the nonsense you're posting?

It would appear years of adding clauses to contracts in Championship Manager has made the modern fan an expert on club finances. It wasnt so long ago that we didnt know what non-promotion clauses and minimum fees were, let alone second guess what players are signing for them. My feelings on Hunt are sinilar to those on Doyle. He's playing for a team with the best goal difference in the league who, until recently, were banging in goals for fun, are gaining a reputation for their 'Irish contingent', and who are not affecting their International prospects whatsoever.

I dont see an awful lot of reasons for him to leave.

Maybe he signed all sorts of contracts to lift his morale to 20, or maybe the club made him an offer which he accepted.

In comparison, our last want-away, Mr Shorey, behaved very differently.

[Super Kevin Bremner!]

It's Bozanic I feel for.

[Row Z Royal]

It's Bozanic I feel for.

A few more posts and you'll able to post that on the third page running.

[gazzer, loyal royal]

I'd say that this might make people eat their words but no doubt their response would be that this is merely a tactic to drive his price when he leaves, just like Doyle did in the transfer window

I remember reading somewhere (not saying it's 100% true because just saying what i read) that Reading had offered S Hunt 'Premiership wages' for him to stay at the club instead of go to Wigan. When there was interest from them, we basically matched their offer for him to stay. Now what I'm wondering is (if it's true of course) if this offer remained on the table and now Hunt hasn't managed to get his move, he's signed up on even more money with *probably* the same if not better release clauses in it.

Which if true proves nothing regards to 'loyalty'.

He rejected a contract at the start to the window, which was the same terms he was on when he signed his last one, but we wanted the release clause moved back to the summer. At the time, he was so convinced he was going to Spurs that he turned it down.

[rabidbee]

Maybe he signed all sorts of contracts to lift his morale to 20...

[Silver Fox]

Maybe he signed all sorts of contracts to lift his morale to 20.

[Handsome Man]

Brilliant news
I hope it has a £108 million release clause: Stephen Hunt is our Kaka

[Hoop Blah]

I can't think of any reason why Reading would agree to a deal where the release clause goes down. Perhaps those who are so confident that this has taken place and that wages have gone up can explain why the club would sign it?

The club might have agreed because Hunt was otherwise not going to sign a new deal and so only had 18 months left at the club until he could walk away for nothing. Getting him on a longer deal, even with a more realistic release clause, means that we've extended the period he's tied to us and we can at least demand a fee for him.

[Silver Fox]

But he can't leave before the summer