Always liked him for the effort, attitude and fight, but this is a generous extension IMO.

He's 31 and is pretty average at this level. On a good day he's better than Lascelles and Benitez could get a tune out of him.

But he's not as good as Schär or Fernandez - or even Lejeune IMO (who is thankfully out on loan getting some game time........)

Not a bad deal for Ciaran.