It emerged from Jez Moxey that the club and Olofinjana had one of these Gentleman’s Agreements, the same type that saw fans favourite and arguably the best defender post Wright to have graced the Molineux turf Joleon Lescott’s sale to Everton. 

And with today’s superb news that talisman Michael Kightly has penned an improved 4 year contract, can we assume that this contract contains the same type of agreement? 

While on one hand the club can be commended for issuing this, so as not to stand in a player’s way should football at a higher level be forthcoming. It smacks of a recent (well not so recent really) statement of players contracts not being worth the paper they are written on. Or am I wrong? 

To me, it seems that the player has all the power these days, regardless of how long they are “tied” to a club for. We only need to look at what is going on at Manchester United with Ronaldo. A player who has 5 years on his contract yet it all points to his decision if he goes to Madrid. 

With that example, a Gentleman’s Agreement does show a degree of loyalty from our players, although it does irk me somewhat to hear that its IF we don’t get promoted. Now correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t it the responsibility of the players as well as the manager to achieve promotion? So if a player who is highly coveted, doesn’t win promotion with us, is it right for him to seek a move because it is ultimately 1/12^th his fault? 

What are your views on these agreements?  

Do they just add more to a players power?  

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