Nonsense.
Given his degenerative knee condition it's not unreasonable that Ba wants to maximise his income while he still can. Anyone who thinks he should have turned down an extra 30-40k a week offer to join the current Champions of Europe is living in fantasy land
- apart from Shola there isn't a player in our squad who would turn down a move like that to stay at SJP.
Ba did well while he was at SJP. The club agreed to his release cause and if the team suffered because he didn't want to play out wide that's Pardew's fault for being a weak manager.
Bang on.
Whoever allowed the clause in his contract needs a kick in the knackers though.
Don't think we would have got him if we didn't have the clause.
That's my take on it also, the deal was predicated on a cast iron "get out" clause for Demba to get a nice wedge.
Sign for free now, do the business, and someone will bite at a reasonable price.
And so it came to pass