He chose to stay this season, and he's outperformed his current deal by market standards. One of the very best in the world at LB.
If the club wants him to stay long term, they should be paying him something a little more commensurate to what he'd get at a big club in England or Spain.
Not hard to understand. Most people who could make twice the salary to do the same job elsewhere would take the money. So far, he's chosen not to. We'll see where his loyalty lies after the season, but it's worth paying him as much as some of the equivalent or lesser players on this team, in an effort to try and get him to stay longer.
Obviously not a pointless renewal at all. He's one of our best players, and management would like him to stick around.