Lamela's new contract was pragmatic more than anything and not a sign of how highly the manage rates him at all like some would like you to accept , I believe he was on £70,000 until 2020 which got ripped up and replaced with a new contract of £100,000 pw which effectively means he's going to cost is 20.8 million until 2022 when his contract expires if you subtract the 2 years of £70,000 a week we were contracted to pay him on the old deal that adds up as £7,280,000 that leaves you with an additional £13.5 total expense over the next 4 years which to be fair is excellent value for a squad player of Lamela's quality even if like me you don't rate him that highly when you consider the likely cost of a replacement.