{"id":427501,"date":"2019-05-02T12:56:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T16:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=427501"},"modified":"2019-05-02T13:23:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T17:23:23","slug":"oxford-united-duo-to-be-offered-new-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/05\/02\/oxford-united-duo-to-be-offered-new-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford United Duo to be Offered New Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford<\/a> United pair, Curtis Nelson<\/a> and Rob Hall<\/a>, are to be offered a new contract, the club have confirmed. Both will be out of contract in the summer, and U’s boss, Karl Robinson<\/a>, is determined to keep hold of the duo.<\/p>\n

Two Players to be Offered New Contracts at Oxford<\/h1>\n

Nelson, Hall to Extend Oxford Stays<\/h2>\n

The club won’t release their retained list until after the final game at Luton Town<\/a> this Saturday, but Hall and Nelson will be offered new deals.<\/p>\n

It had been looking likely for some time that defender Nelson would depart in the summer. But the Oxford boss has tried to sway the former Plymouth Argyle<\/a> man to stay at the Kassam Stadium.<\/p>\n

Robinson said: “We had a chat with him yesterday.”<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s going to be offered another contract and there will be a window of opportunity where that becomes null and void in some ways.<\/p>\n

Robinson, who had stripped the centre-back of his captaincy<\/a> earlier in the season, added; “In the last couple of months he\u2019s been one of the better players and has stood up to the task of when we really needed him he was there.<\/p>\n

“No-one can question how he\u2019s finished here if he does decide to move on.”<\/p>\n

As with Hall, the winger has only featured three times this season due to injury. But, as he has previously stated<\/a>, the 25-year-old would love to stay at the club.<\/p>\n

It looks likely that the former MK Dons<\/a> man will need to take a pay cut in order to stay. But this seems a realistic option for both parties due to the injuries the winger has suffered.<\/p>\n

Robinson said: “He will be offered a contract, but as you can imagine it\u2019s not what he would have been before.<\/p>\n

“He knows and was very receptive to that.”<\/p>\n

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