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My guess is that he knows (officially or unofficially) he won't get a repeat of the current Boro deal so will opt to go on a free somewhere for a more moderate wage but with a big signing on fee up front to compensate for the difference. Staying with Boro would mean a likely £10K a week wage cut and no signing on fee. He may of course love it here, love the Manager and the fans and not want to leave but I think that is hardly likely.

Kwame Poku is another decent option 

Yeah - I’m quite intrigued by him; never seen him play apart from YouTube clips. Had a scroll through Blackpool forums and they like him; they think he’ll go back to France or top end championship side. He could be our next Morgan Rogers - although about a foot shorter.

in reality they probs have had relevant offers on the table or being discussed much earlier this season I think, I think its just carricks way of not getting into talking about peoples contracts until they make announcements on them, or they leave. you would of thought they would of spoken anytime from the start of season if not mid last season (for those out of contract in summer they want to keep) to at least jan (for those entering the last year in the summer) mcnair probs been sat on an offer all season, maybe even part of last season, but he probs wants to see what comes out in the wash in the summer before he decides.  he may get a better deal doing it this way too from us if he decides to sign when he is almost no longer on the books. but I do feel like he knocked back a contract in the summer and that's when we started leaks that clubs (like leeds and abroad) were interested in him to try recoup some money in a sale before he leaves on a free potentially, but I reckon he told the club he wouldn't be sold so the rumours fizzled out fast. I think had he been up for a sale then someone would of been in for him with a cash offer as it wouldn't of took much for us to sell him. but he's done enough I reckon to keep his wage (or even improve it) and get a decent amount of years somewhere else on a free if he happy to move out the area, that I think is the biggest factor that means he will be gone - along with the fact he has opted to run his contract out when we know the club would probably always rather sell them than get nothing after another year of service.

I think it'll just be an error on the writer's part, but I'm expecting McNair to move on anyway.