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Darren Fletcher to Stoke

 

Mark Hughes seems determined to make Stoke even older than they already were last year (3rd highest in the league behind West Brom and Watford). I think they're going to be in the relegation battle next year.

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Foreign clubs can't activate the release clause though.

 

You either go the Javi Martinez route and pay the player to give the club the money or agree with the club like a normal negotiation.

 

 

They can. The whole thing was cleared up after the Javi Martínez case. Either club or player can activate the clause.

 

It was never a matter of foreign/not foreign, just whether clubs were able to activate the clause and thus avoid the massive tax burden that comes from the buying club giving money to the player so the player activates it himself - it would be considered a wage and thus come with a 50% tax spike.

 

What happened is that there was a gentlemen's agreement between Spanish clubs to treat the triggering of release clauses as a normal negotiated sale - since the seller would never see any of the extra money paid as tax - but there was always the looming treat of somebody not honoring that agreement. Athletic tried that with Bayern, but it was ruled that clubs could trigger the clause all the same.

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Liverpool looking at bolstering their midfield 3, while completely forgetting their defence is fucking shit shocker.

 

scouse came on here today, as usual knows the ins and outs of every deal they're trying to do, says they're in talks with van dijk but man city are offering better wages

 

point being they're possibly after defenders as well

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