I don’t think Robinson is out of contract until June 2024
I think you are 100% correct.
That is good news indeed although a post on this board recently said it was June 2003 and therefore our only chance of getting a transfer fee for him was to sell this winter.
But people do like to have something to fret about.
Anthony Robinson contract ends in June 2024, but he can sign a contract with another club for the next season in January 2023, so if we want money for him we have to sell him in the summer of 2023 (or this winter). We cannot sell Anthony Robinson until he agrees, Anthony Robinson would be wise to wait as late as possible in the summer transfer window so probably leave close to deadline day and once we sell him we won’t have much time to use the money to upgrade some position probably left back.
Hence, not selling him in the winter probably means selling him on next summers deadline day in the morning, buying a replacement in the afternoon and the new player playing the next game, which places FFC likely to get a bad start and into the potential relegation zone. So selling Robinson in the summer is not ideal.
It would be much better, if we got 9 to 15 points (maybe a dream) before the winter transfer window closes. Bringing us to 28 to 34 points (or any number of points likely to keep us up) before the winter transfer window ended and sold off all the players that aren’t resigning for longer contracts. We would then have the money in the bank ready to buy players as they became available for the 2023-24 season. We might still buy players close to deadline day, but we would know both our budget and whether Robinson is staying.
As for all those criticising me because it is better to resign Robinson than sell him. I think everyone must accept that Fulham needs to place their “best and final offer” to his agent immediately with an idea of him signing it before the new year. If he won’t sign a new contract, then he is moving on in the next 18 months and the only difference is the timing and price he leaves for, dragging it out won’t help FFC. If he is offerred good money and won’t resign after the world cup, then he will never resign and is leaving.
Fulham has two goals in the winter transfer window, first stay up (ie keep Robinson) and second rebuild for the follow on seasons (i.e. sell Robinson). Doing both is hard, unless we get 9 to 15 points before the winter transfer window closes because with 28 to 34 points we don’t need Robinson to stay up.
