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Gif Rhys-Jones said:
Isn't Trent Alexander-Armstrong's release clause at R Madrid nearly $1 billion? It's to act as a deterrent.

They don't think someone's going to pay that next year.
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Spanish contracts require release clauses.
They're also required to be paid in full by the player. It's the same for everyone in terms of the conditions. I don't know if the player has to agree with the amount or if the club decides. But every player has to have a release clause that the club can't block in the event the player buys himself out.

None of that is applicable in England. It's all by choice and differs player to player with most not even having one.
What this whole episode might do is force the issue to be more standardized going forwards. Given the strict PSR, FFP rules and amortization in accounting, if they became mandatory, I can't see how they could enforce 100% payment.
 
ElTel said:
We know, but he isnt being allowed to leave so it's not so simple
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I can't see how he stays there now and I think Forest know that hence why they asked Spurs for more money yesterday. Levy won't budge. He knows he has them where he wants them. I think the owner has just gone totally rogue and is clutching at every straw he can find.

They can only block the paperwork for so long. Everything else is signed and sealed. It'll get very ugly if Spurs or even MGW end up suing Forest for all of this and thats becoming much more likely then forest winning any case against us!
 
PapeMasterclass said:
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View: https://x.com/Forest_Review/status/1945049230860513723
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Jack Nicholson Yes GIF
 
1882 said:
What I don't get, is Arse are currently negotiating with Palace for a deal UNDER Eze's £68m release clause ...
Firstly, What's the point of a release clause if you can negotiate under it...
And also, everyone KNOWS the release clause... It's no big Whoo-haaa secret!
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You can always negotiate under the release clause, indeed that's what happen 95% of the time.

What can't possibly happen is a buying club paying more than that sum.

Just to give you an example, a number of star players here - Mbappe, Bellingham, Jamal, maybe more - have €1 billion release clauses. If it became known that one of those wanted out, potential buyers would start by offering loads less but Madrid, Barça whoever could try holding out. As everyone knows, nobody will be forking out a billion (what's more in one go), that sum is simply insurance given the astronomical wages these people are on.
 
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1882 said:
What I don't get, is Arse are currently negotiating with Palace for a deal UNDER Eze's £68m release clause ...
Firstly, What's the point of a release clause if you can negotiate under it...
And also, everyone KNOWS the release clause... It's no big Whoo-haaa secret!
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Blackmail. Its smart negotiating. Levy would do the same.

"Eze wants to join us. We know that and so do you. We are in no rush as we've already got all our other business done. He'll be playing for us next season and there is nothing you can do about it. We don't plan on triggering the release clause until the day before the PL season starts, which will leave you completely screwed. In the meantime, here is our low-ball offer if you want to speed up the process."
 
Don Pedro said:
I don't think Palace will accept less than the release clause but Woolwich will blackmail them into at least considering it. Woolwich already know Eze only wants them, and Palace are aware of this, so Woolwich are in no rush to trigger it. They'll pretend they've no interest in triggering it until the season starts which is the worst case scenario for Palace. So they'll low-ball them with offers in the meantime effectively blackmailing Palace into an early sale on the cheap to avoid them triggering it in late august.
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Steve Parish isn't an idiot, no way he's taking that offer.

They'd sooner Woolwich pay the full £68m then allow them to get low-balled.
 
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