The wage was acceptable, but he wanted clearer first-team guarantees.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Signed a new contract
Moderate
Cause
He committed to the project on terms both sides could live with.
Contract extension signed
Decision
Movement
4y · $194.9K/y
Contract renewal offered
Decision
Movement
4y · $194.9K/y
Starter
Decision
Movement
Development pathway updated
Who
Board
Asked the manager for a private conversation
Moderate
Cause
He has unresolved concerns over his contract. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Breakthrough into the senior squad
Reassured by the manager's half-time message
Minor
Cause
The team were behind, and the manager needed a response. He does not always respond well to pressure, which softened the lift.
Outlook
Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.
Criticised in a full-time post-mortem
Minor
Cause
It was a private show of faith after a tough recent run. He does not always respond well to pressure, which softened the lift.
Outlook
Manager intervention may be required if it persists.
Manager broke a promise
Serious
Cause
Even an honest tone was resented given the strained relationship.
He has come to believe: He never rated him — Jesus Pineda
Mind
He has started to want: His place back
Mind
He has started to want: A loan, for games
Mind
He has started to want: To stay here
Mind
Reassured by a calm full-time message
Minor
Cause
The team had won, and the manager wanted to reinforce the standards. He does not always respond well to pressure, which softened the lift.
Outlook
Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.
He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
He has started to want: A settled future
Mind
He has made a formal demand: A bigger club
Mind
Worried by competition from a new signing Raúl Nuño
Moderate
Cause
The newcomer is on a much larger wage deal. He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Asked the manager for a private conversation
Minor
Cause
He has unresolved concerns over his contract. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Worried by competition from a new signing Alonso Aceves
Moderate
Cause
The signing was bought with a similar squad-status tier in mind. The new arrival has visibly higher ability.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Settling well into the dressing room
Moderate
Cause
A strong training-ground partnership is behind this. He is still inside the early-weeks window of a transfer.
Outlook
Settling-in period is still under way.
He has said it out loud: A bigger club
Mind
He got what he wanted: His place back
Mind
Asked the manager for a private conversation
Moderate
Cause
He has unresolved concerns over his contract. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense.
Outlook
Manager intervention may be required if it persists.
He has let it go: A loan, for games
Mind
No natural role in the current formation
Serious
Cause
His preferred position simply isn't in the current shape.
Turned down the offered deal
Serious
Cause
He turned down the club's offer. The club's project did not match his ambition.