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JONATHAN WOODGATE has opened talks with Tottenham over an extension to his current contract.
His old club Middlesbrough have been paying a slice of Woodgate's salary as part of the £8million deal that took him to Spurs in January 2008.
But that agreement has been affected by Boro's relegation to the Championship.
Now central defender Woodgate, 29, wants Spurs to make up the shortfall by offering him an improved deal after 18 successful months in north London.
His contract runs until 2011 and Boro agreed to pay a proportion of the defender's £70,000 a week salary when he quit The Riverside.
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Make him captain! He's always going to be picked when fit - which is more than should be said for Keane.
By sheikh352. Posted July 25 2009 at 11:01 PM.
woody is a king
By kev. Posted July 19 2009 at 11:45 AM.
Sell him to sunderland and buy sol campbell he can teach Henville and link up with King again.Woodgate had a very quite second half to the season and made a few mistakes on the way somthing is not right with his body and i belive he is carrying an old injury .
By davpsurs. Posted July 12 2009 at 10:55 AM.
give it to him...another fine season and he will be going to the world cup..
By muzzi. Posted July 12 2009 at 11:34 AM.
Boro-Ste - thats actually fairly common practice for clubs when they need to get someone of their books and lower the wages, but the buying club wont pay the players full wage.
Spurs are looking to possibly do the same with Bent and get rid of the useless git.
Woodgate is great defender, but him and King need to be on "pay as you play" contracts due to their history of injury. If they can not accept that, then get rid of them
By rob. Posted July 12 2009 at 8:12 AM.
agreed.
By adz. Posted July 12 2009 at 3:08 AM.
Top players get top money. What would we have to pay a player of his quality if we bought him now?
By NZSpur. Posted July 12 2009 at 3:28 AM.
Hang on! Woodgate quits playing for Boro but we are still paying a slice of his wages? That an absolute disgrace! Are we mugs or what?
By Boro_ste. Posted July 12 2009 at 3:53 AM.
give this man what he wants, he is a rock and deserves to be paid what the other players are being paid
By Irish Spur. Posted July 11 2009 at 11:29 PM.