Thanks Max. Though I am still lost as to why he played only 294 matches, has a join date 19 months ago and had no join date reset despite not playing for more than 72 days. Anyway its not important, just for knowledge sake.
Also if I did intend to stop for a break, I need to know how long contracts need to last if I wanted my team to win as many as possible before they take me out of the competitions.