It's the policy. I don't believe billionaire Tony wants to give away control and Barber is a tough negotiator as we have seen.They may say that, but surely it’s negotiation at the end of the day. Lose the player for a smaller sum with a year to go or sign a new contract with a heavy release clause.
It's the policy. I don't believe billionaire Tony wants to give away control and Barber is a tough negotiator as we have seen.
I think Tony simply will not sanction signing up to release clauses, and would rather walk away from the deal ( Livramento ? ).
They simply cannot state "no release clauses" and then put them in the odd contract here or there. The policy would collapse.
Amazes me how many players that are nearing an exit yet Graham finds a way, and pulls them back.
Gross, March and now recently Duffy have all been rumoured to leave and now been better than ever!
I doubt anyone on here will know but I wonder if our new contacts now include a release fee for the players? It wasn’t long ago that Solly said his ambition was to play for a big club, so I assume he has somehow kept that option open?
I read ( pretty certain in The Athletic ) that the club do not entertain release clauses in contracts as they give away control.
We don't do them.
They may say that, but surely it’s negotiation at the end of the day. Lose the player for a smaller sum with a year to go or sign a new contract with a heavy release clause.
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Does it really matter though... if he had a release fee it would surely be close to the clubs valuation of the player, and if say Real Madrid comes along waving £40m surely the club would say "ok you can go, boy" with or without a release fee in his contract.
Raises the question: How many other PL clubs have TWO locally-born first-teamers?
Raises the question: How many other PL clubs have TWO locally-born first-teamers?
Fair point: guess I was thinking locally born and raised!3? Dunk, Webster, March
This is great news though - although does seem to be 1 year light to me? But good news all the same
Does it really matter though... if he had a release fee it would surely be close to the clubs valuation of the player, and if say Real Madrid comes along waving £40m surely the club would say "ok you can go, boy" with or without a release fee in his contract.
Depends how much the release fee is. If you put a silly sum the club might get more. Look at Neymar, when PSG triggered the clause, there was no way I would have paid that for him.