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[joeyt]

 

[Disco]

And yet again so called Eddie Howe is nowhere.

[KennyUtd]

33 minutes ago, Disco said:

And yet again so called Eddie Howe is nowhere.

"so called Eddie Howe"

😆😁😄

[Nobody]

10 hours ago, SteV said:

The bold bit we can go round in circles arguing as we’ll never know, but I disagree.

 

When a player views a move as a stepping stone, as long as it’s to a PL club, I think they’ll choose the one that offers the best release clause (assuming there isn’t a massive discrepancy in wages).

 

It’s all about how they’ve mapped their careers out. 
 

We’re trying hard to establish ourselves with the elite (despite being massively handicapped by the rules), so it’s no good allowing the perception of the club being a stepping stone in any way.

 

Having said that, if a player were to ask for a release clause where, if activated, the money would be genuinely transformative, that’s different, and I can probably get on board with it (so if Isak said ‘I’ll sign a new contract but I want a release clause of £150m’, then fair enough).

I see a lot of people saying this, but I don't really see the upside of that for us (regarding Isak). As it is, he's still under contract for another 3 years, where we hold all the cards. If he signs a new contract with a £150m release clause, he's probably leaving next summer and there's nothing we can do about it. All the while we'll be paying him more for the next 12 months as well

[SteV]

23 minutes ago, Nobody said:

I see a lot of people saying this, but I don't really see the upside of that for us (regarding Isak). As it is, he's still under contract for another 3 years, where we hold all the cards. If he signs a new contract with a £150m release clause, he's probably leaving next summer and there's nothing we can do about it. All the while we'll be paying him more for the next 12 months as well

Tbh, it was just an example. Maybe he isn’t the best player to use because perhaps there’s a theory we could get even more than that if he was sensational again next season.

 

I suppose what I was trying to say was that in general I’d be against release clauses, unless the amount is so significant it completely transforms one, two, maybe even three windows for us, and perhaps allows a wage structure increase alongside that.

 

If we look at Huijsen, who the convo originated about, making ~35m off him is great, but, for us, it probably buys one very good, or maybe two good players. Set against the (what I would consider negative) impact that has on the perception of the club externally, that’s nowhere near enough.