It will be just the same as Vicente when the club exercises the option of a further year
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[Football] Ben White - Sings new FOUR year deal.
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It will be just the same as Vicente when the club exercises the option of a further year
father_and_son
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At the end of the day, this sort of attention is pretty much new to us. Whilst there are always rumours, I don't recall this sort of hysteria over a player of ours in the post-Amex era.
However, this is 'normal' for lots of other teams, their stars and their targets. We have avoided it because we are #teamslikebrighton but also because TB likes to do business quietly and professionally.
I'm sure that PB and TB know exactly how to handle this and that the club have put people near Ben to help him manage the situation and, most importantly, not let it impact his game now or in the future (too many players with too much ego in the game already).
I do think that if we were already a top half team we'd be used to this and it wouldn't be as exciting/interesting/infuriating as it is.
However, this is 'normal' for lots of other teams, their stars and their targets. We have avoided it because we are #teamslikebrighton but also because TB likes to do business quietly and professionally.
I'm sure that PB and TB know exactly how to handle this and that the club have put people near Ben to help him manage the situation and, most importantly, not let it impact his game now or in the future (too many players with too much ego in the game already).
I do think that if we were already a top half team we'd be used to this and it wouldn't be as exciting/interesting/infuriating as it is.
Grombleton
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- Dec 31, 2011
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The best bit for me is the part where someone involved with Leeds talks about reality.
father_and_son
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A very professional statement *designed* to leave all options open.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
nwgull
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The best bit is the final sentence of the article, where the reality of White being contracted until summer 2022 is grudgingly footnoted.
Bladders
Twats everywhere
He was not happy about it either iirc
Some tinpot Spanish outfit wanted him and he wanted to go home
After the cost of having him for a year we took the option and told them he can go for £500k
He had to end up staying with us
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I did have it right in my mind then.
forumwayseagull
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Bit like when we activated Vincentes additional year..
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
The Albion do this with a lot of contracts now.
It stops players 'walking away on a free' at the end of contract, and guarantees some fee for the Albion as we have 2 further windows to sell the player.
If Ben White goes and we make a huge wad of cash that can be used to strengthen the club, so be it. We’ve still got a very sound defence. Job done. If Ben White stays and plays and turns out to be very good indeed, also job done.
Great position to be in. Pity poor Leeds, who would need to blow a huge chunk of their promotion budget just to stand still.
Great position to be in. Pity poor Leeds, who would need to blow a huge chunk of their promotion budget just to stand still.
BN41Albion
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- Oct 1, 2017
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On a player who has played zero minutes in the Premier league, so also a big gamble for the type of cash they'd have to pay.
We win whatever happens, no doubt
Depends how the contract is worded. Normally, however, an option will be one-sided - that is, the club has the right to exercise the option before a given date, and if that option is taken up the player has no say. Two-sided options are pretty pointless, as they are actually implied in contract law - any contract can be modified or extended at any time where both parties mutually agree. There's no need to write an option in for this.
There is a flip side to options, known as break clauses. Release clauses are a form of break clause. Purely hypothetically, another type of break clause a player might want in a contract would be one stipulating that they can break the contract if they play fewer than X matches in a season.
Typically, options will be in favour of the club. Break clauses can be in favour of either, and the most common form of break clause is typically in favour of the player while still entrenching a minimum value on the player for the club.
Clive Walker
Stand Or Fall
that is a very silly thing to do.
albionfan37
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Shouldn’t the above be in the deluded thread?
Not meaning to generalize, but I doubt most Leeds fans use or even have an Amex card. I'm sure Amex are quaking.