Is Ameobi getting the cold Shola on new contract?
Posted on July 12th, 2011 | 44 Comments |
Like colleagues Joey Barton and Jose Enrique, his current contract expires in around a years time, something which is also true of fellow striker, Peter Lovenkrands. Although the issues with Barton’s and Enrique’s contract renewals have been very public, with Barton not being offered one and Enrique stalling on his, Shola seems to be be totally in the dark on whether he will be offered an extension on his current deal, or not as the case may be.
Speaking in an interview, the ‘Fenham Eusebio’ revealed that although he wants to get things “sorted”, he has heard nothing from the club yet, saying:
“I want to get it sorted out, but obviously the two parties have to meet somewhere and that hasn’t been the case yet.
“As a player, you want to feel secure. You want to know what’s going to happen for the next few years – but I don’t at the moment.
“It’s something I’m trying to get sorted but at the moment I’ve got one year left. A year can go very quickly and things change, as we have seen.”
Sounds ominous if recent examples are anything to go by.
Ameobi is currently the club’s second longest serving player (beaten only by Stephen Harper), and was signed from North East leviathans, Walker Central FC in 1995. In his time at the club he has scored 70 goals in 303 appearences and 184 starts. He is also currently the club’s second highest goalscorer in Eurpean competition with twelve goals.
Do you think that Shola should be offered a new deal at Newcastle United?
I voted no, hes been here long enough, how long do we wait on his potential coming through, I only have one lifetime and hope i`m not waiting for that to happen.
Fresh meat is what we need.
If Ranger or Airey were given half the pitchtime he has been given, I think the y would both have doubled his tally IMHO
HWTL