Relegation Clauses

[Crumpy Gunt]

If they aren't in place we could be well and truly fucked.

 

Heard on SSN that players brought in this season haven't got them but have before. Then heard there are no clauses by the NOTW gadgie.

[Guest toonlass]

No one on any money will be willing to stay around anyway. Can't see Owen/Viduka/Duff etc hanging round to ply their trade in the fizzy pop.

[Tooj]

No one on any money will be willing to stay around anyway. Can't see Owen/Viduka/Duff etc hanging round to ply their trade in the fizzy pop.

 

I could see Duff staying. Plus Owen and Viduka are out of contract anyway.

[Guest Stephen927]

It's one thing agreeing a fee with a club for a player, but if the buying club doesn't offer similar wages to what the player is already on here then can you see them wanting to take a massive pay cut?

 

For example, Smith will be on about £50k-£60k a week, not many clubs in the Premier League will offer him these wages anymore, considering how long he has gone without a goal and his time here hasn't exactly been full of fantastic performances. We could easily agree a fee in the region of £3m for Smith, but if the buying club doesn't offer him a decent wage he might decide to stay here. Thats where we'll encounter problems with some of our higher earners. Thankfully Owens contract is up, so is Vidukas, Martins will find a decent club who will match his wage here, it's players like Duff, Barton, Geremi we will struggle to shift.

[captainhaircut]

The only players I can see staying are Harper, Taylor x 2, Guthrie, Lovenkrands, Carroll and Shola.

 

The rest will be gone. Even the likes of Smith will find buyers (Moyes bid 3m last year and he's a good manager!).Geremi will go to Europe, Blackburn will take Nolan. Xisco, Jonas, Colo and Enrique will go back to Spain, Barton will go to a club who have no money and will therefore take the gamble. Beye, Bassong and Martins will find clubs easy. Duff will probably be picked up by a promoted side maybe Birmingham. Hopefully a promoted club will take Butt as well.

 

If you could offset the loss of going down against the save in wages, we might be able to spend a bit of the money we bring in from sales which will probably be about 40m.

[Shak]

I'd imagine we'll end up paying a percentage of the wages of players even after they've left.

 

For instance, some mis-guided Premiership team wants Alan Smith but doesn't want to take on his 50k a week. Smith doesn't want to take a pay cut either, so we end up paying about 15k a week off his wage at the new club just to be rid of him.

 

Kind of a kick in the balls, eh?