cooperblade
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A good first team wage. We're a Championship club now. We have no excuses. He has the potential to be our best player.
We'll only have to pay him more the second he proves himself in the Championship. Which he will if he gets on the pitch.
Even if he didn't prove himself, he's still young, he's still got a tonne of potential and PL clubs would still pay good money for him - more than what we'd get from a tribunal.
The only risk of paying him a decent wage would be him getting a serious injury, and that can be said for any player, and can't be factored into your thinking in these situations.
I agree that we should try and keep him. I'm just not convinced how easy it will be without taking big risks.
You say the only risk is that he gets injured. I know you're 100% convinced that he'll make it but he's never played in the Championship so there's some risk there however much we all rate him. Wolves have spent £18m on a player and I wouldn't say he's guaranteed to be a success in the Championship so Brooks certainly isn't nailed on.
The more important factor is that a Premier League club will be able to pay more than whatever we offer him. Let's say we give him a contract on £7,000 a week (which I would've thought will be more than other squad members with more experience) and Everton offer him £11,000. What happens then? Do we go to £12,000?
I think we've got one card that we can play and that's giving him game time. That should only happen (and will only happen) though if Wilder thinks including him gives us our best chance of 3 points.
£5,000 a week and Wilder's word that he'll be in or around the first team if he meets the necessary standards. That probably gives us a chance of keeping him in the short-term.
What we don't know of course is just how much Wilder rates him. I'm pretty sure he wasn't a massive fan of DCL and saw the fee as more than acceptable and I think Ramsdale was seen as expendable given he was unlikely to be first choice in the next couple of years.