Plymouth Argyle offer skipper Edwards new contract

TL;DR

Plymouth Argyle has offered a new contract to captain Joe Edwards, whose current deal expires this summer. The 35-year-old has been with the club for almost seven years, making 280 appearances and scoring 24 goals.

Key points

Joe Edwards offered a new contract by Plymouth Argyle
Current deal expires this summer
Longest-serving player with 280 appearances
Scored 24 goals for the club
Led Argyle to League One title in 2023

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Joe Edwards punches the air in celebration

Joe Edwards has spent almost seven years at Plymouth Argyle [Shutterstock]

Plymouth Argyle captain Joe Edwards has been offered a new contract by the League One club.

The 35-year-old, whose deal expires this summer, is the longest-serving player in the Pilgrims' squad having made 280 appearances and scored 24 goals since joining from Walsall in the summer of 2019.

Edwards led Argyle to the League One title in 2023 when they accrued a club-record 101 points and scored the goal that kept Argyle in the Championship on the final day of the following season in a 1-0 win over Hull City.

The former Bristol City, Yeovil Town and Colchester United player also had a spell as caretaker coach after Wayne Rooney left last season, helping the club win 1-0 at Premier League side Brentford in the FA Cup third round.

"There's a contract offer going into Joe today, so as long as Joe doesn't come and ask for a double or triple his salary, then I'm hoping the two parties can come to an agreement," head coach Tom Cleverley said.

"If it was up to me, obviously Joe Edwards is in my team next year.

"There's obviously the club and the player and the agent and the technical director, but me as the head coach - and that's why I'm a head coach, because I don't completely control recruitment and contracts - I want Joe Edwards in my team next year."