[madsteve]

Actually, most one year rolling contracts don't need to be negotiated each year as that not how they work.  Essentially if you signed one today, you have a one year contract from today, but it automatically moves to a full year forward every day you work there.  It means that the manager always has a year left irrespective of when he is hired or fired, and the club never have to pay more than a year compensation once they decide to get rid.  Celtic have done their managers contracts like that for a while.

Often the compensation is far less than the length of the contract. MM said that SG's contract was three months compensation if he left & it was reported that Alan Pardew's contract at Newcastle is three months compensation despite it being several years long.