This may be a tad naive of me, but the figures of FM2005 have always been fairly accurate when I have drawn comparisons to contract figures written in the media. Parkin must be on around 1.5K a week but I am concerned about his minimum fee release clause and there seems to be a lot of confusion surrounding this.
I would love it if Parkin stays, sod next summer and losing him on a free, worry about that in January. To keep Parkin would signal the club's ambitions and would reignite hopes for a playoff push. The guy is a legend and staying would make me want his babies. Sod a Piemonte special, he'd a get a Walrus Whammie
On a side note, I wonder if Parkin reads these forums? Certainly he's aware of what a hero he is for Town, he can't step onto a football pitch without a rendition of "Super Sam Parkin" and perhaps the memory of Northampton is all too fresh?