Four year deal with a further one year option for the club. We're going to get £5m for him! https://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/news/20232/july/connell-signs-extension/
We all know he's destined for bigger things. Glad (and astounded) we've tied him down. Enjoy him while we can.
This is the ideal way to operate. Rewarding good players who progress after a good season even if they have 2 or 3 years left, rather than waiting until we 'need' to renew. Done it now with Connell and Kitching and puts the club in a much stronger position.
I hope we paid a big agents fee. It's morally wrong for us to have directly paid a young person like that to tie him down. Much more morally acceptable if we paid an agent to tie him down instead.