I can't believe people are saying No to this... you're fricking mental... would not only be an awesome signing but a statement of intent.
We don't need to sign players with a well known and premier league name to make a statement of intent.
Read the full thread. If his wages are 15k a week for one season that's over £750k. For an england centre half that sounds very good value.
However, there are a few things wrong with that statement.
1. He's now 35, and no longer an England player
2. He has had a long injury lay off, and will find it harder to keep fit.
3. The strongest part of his game was pace and tackling, he has lost pace and won't get that back.
4. He is going downhill now, not upwards.
So we could be signing an old, injury prone player who's best years are well gone, on a salary (assuming he might play for 15k) which would be the ceiling of our budget, with NO resale value In the future.
He might have moved to the club in his teens after release elsewhere, but that's where his affinity ends, there is no long love for the club. He had a few good years...that's it. As far as he is concerned he is a wealthy lad, currently earning a lot of money. That is potentially going to stop in a months time. He is a young man with a family, with hard earned tastes and social circles that he will have come accustomed to and will want to keep for the rest of his life. So he won't give a monkeys whether it's his old club or another club, he will want a wage for as long as he can, and the highest wage he can get.
Now I am not mental to want my club to look out for the best interests of the club. And I am sorry, the CURRENT Phil Jagielka is not going to be worth the salary he will get from a club based on his PAST performances rather than his current abilities.
This club has been down this road so many times, signing players well past their best looking to collect a salary for another year or two. As recently as Dean Hammond I might add. It didn't go well.
Now if we were bringing him in on a very low wage....5-6k a week, with a one year rolling deal and a role suited to this stage of his career (back up player in a very competitive league) and a view to him coaching then fair enough. But any more than that then we should be looking at other options.