Edwards staying for further year
TWTD.co.uk
TWTD understands that midfielder Carlos Edwards’s stay at Town will stretch beyond the end of the season, the Trinidadian having triggered a clause in his contract which entitles him to an additional year on the two-year deal he signed when he joined the Blues from Sunderland for £1.35 million in September 2009.
Edwards was recently claimed to have been offered a new contract by Town, but it seems likely that the reports were referring to the additional year.
Speaking in December, former boss Roy Keane revealed that the club have options to extend a number of players’ contracts, defender Damien Delaney understood to be amongst them, along with keeper Brian Murphy: “The club has options to extend the deals of one or two boys, people like Murph the goalkeeper.”
Those whose initial terms run to June 2011 are Brian Murphy, Gareth McAuley, Damien Delaney, David Norris, Arran Lee-Barrett, Ian McLoughlin, Alan Quinn, Luke Hyam, Troy Brown, Tom Eastman, Colin Healy, Billy Clark, Reggie Lambe, Ronan Murray, Jack Ainsley, David Cawley, Jamie Griffiths and Conor Hourihane, plus Pablo Couñago and Kevin Lisbie, who are out on loan for the season at Crystal Palace and Millwall respectively.
In addition to that list of 20, first-year pro Seb Dunbar, a left-back, is contracted until this month, having previously done well enough to win an extension to a deal which was up in September.
On Monday, manager Paul Jewell revealed that he was due to talk to skipper David Norris and defender Gareth McAuley late this week regarding their futures and wants to keep them at Town.
The pair have turned down the new two-year deals which were offered before Christmas with Portsmouth chasing the midfielder.
