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Not a chance he's staying with Ashley only a matter of time if it wasn't for his current dilemma of having to pay up to leave he would be away already. Just waiting for a club to pay it for him and then adios amigo and he will be right to do so also.

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Given the market for players now, surely 5 mil is f*** all to obtain the services of a manager of aRafa's calibre

 

Yeah Im guessing West Ham will look at it this way. Pay 5 million to all but secure (or to the best of their ability) that they maintain PL status and then have a competent, proven winner at the helm. Or grab whomever and hope they dont continue to slide and end up relegated and lose potentially 100's of millions. 5 million buys them piece of mind, will instantaneously rally the supporters, and long term they have a guy who they dont need to dump to take the proverbially next step along the way. Hmmm....

 

I was never really worried all that much till late in the window and more so now. Its really just the cost of young unknown player at this point away from happening.

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It will be interesting to see Rafa's reaction if West Ham agree to pay the compensation and Ashley gives permission for him to talk to them, he might just think "what's the point"

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The fact he hasn't already quit tells me he will almost certainly stay until the summer.

 

I don't think he will leave us for a West Ham.

 

Would you quit if you had to pay 5 million it's the only reason he hasn't already however when another club pays it then he will be off

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It will be interesting to see Rafa's reaction if West Ham agree to pay the compensation and Ashley gives permission for him to talk to them, he might just think "what's the point"

 

Why is Ashley permission needed here if West Ham willing to pay it?

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It's not a release clause is it? It's more like compensation due, which West Ham would agree to cover instead of Rafa himself. So it doesn't automatically give them the right to talk to him, they would have to ask NUFC for permission. I guess we would give permission so it's a moot point in a way.

 

He won't go until at least the end of the season IMO.

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West Ham are not much of an improvement on us.  I would hate for him to leave us to go there.

 

They are quite liberal with the truth themselves and look at how they are trying to undermine Bilic in public at the moment.  They will spend more on a single player than we will but Sullivan likes to buy players himself so the manager doesn't always get to choose.  They might promise to cede control to Rafa to get him to sign but I think they will find it difficult not to interfere.

 

When he leaves, I hope it will be to a genuinely bigger club.

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West Ham are not much of an improvement on us.  I would hate for him to leave us to go there.

 

They are quite liberal with the truth themselves and look at how they are trying to undermine Bilic in public at the moment.  They will spend more on a single player than we will but Sullivan likes to buy players himself so the manager doesn't always get to choose.  They might promise to cede control to Rafa to get him to sign but I think they will find it difficult not to interfere.

 

When he leaves, I hope it will be to a genuinely bigger club.

 

Agree. Tried to say the same thing on this thread a few pages back but did not put it as well as this. If West Ham owners are better than Ashley it is not by much, and imo not worth him risking it. A proper football club would be a different proposition....

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