Yeah sure. Because he really gives a fuck what the fans think.
Seriously...
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Not one part of you wonders why MGW and his agent wouldn’t tell City the release clause as well?
City would pay much better wages and he’d be guaranteed trophies
Surely, the more likely outcome is City did know the 60m clause and asked Forest if they would deal for below it. When Forest said no, they decided to get Cherki instead for 40m and Reijnders for 47m
City clearly decided 60m was more than they wanted to pay for MGW.
Would also make sense why he’s so excited to join Spurs because we will pay that 60m
That is not correct.
Players have agency - which means they cannot be forced to join the club bidding £80m.
The player is entitled to insist on club accepting the release clause amount and joining the club bidding n g £60m ( as Notts Forest have preagreed this amount in nt is enough)
So when we get told that club x has triggered player x release clause and are set to buy him, are they always £20m / £30m over it?
Cant we just pay the 60m release clause and sing mull of kintyre to them? That will clinch the deal imo.
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So, what happens if Levy rolls in knowing that they want the 100m and offers 60m anyway? It's not like that would be out of character, and the player would be sold. You don't know if that is what happened here.
Why wouldn't he get another chance to make a big move? He'll be out of contact in a couple of years and in his prime. Club would miss out, yeah, but not the player.
Forest have put in the complaint to the Premier League. But in such cases, it is expected that there will be a good-faith attempt to resolve the problem before it moves to the next step, so that's what they did.Still threating after 5 days ??? why ??? just do it FFS Fatty .............. Wonder why they havent after huffing n puffing about it for almost a week? cos fatty got nothing
The threat to MGW here isn't just an investigation of him and his agency regarding how Tottenham came to acquire their knowledge of the release clause, it's also the threat of not being able to play during a season where MGW will be desperate to impress his way into the England team for the World Cup.
A legal process won't be done in a year, let alone a month.
MGW should have served notice of termination of his contract on the basis of breach the instant Forest withdrew its consent for a medical.
But either through risk-aversion or some sense that his camp has actually done something wrong, that's not the situation.
There are absolutely no circumstances under which there is an amicable resolution of this in which Forest approves the transfer to Spurs. A total impossibility. That's not who Marinakis is, he is not a rational or honorable person, and the passage of time reduces the pressure on him, it does not increase it.
Gibbs-White isn't willing to create a loud, ugly, risky saga to enforce his contractual rights, so this thing is over.
But that is NOT what happened here.
A club met the release clause hence Notts Forest are legally obliged to sell the player to the club bidding £60m.
I have not seen the clause so its possible Notts Forest could sue the player for revealing t he clause ( although I very much doubt it ,- the clause is in the contract so club knows it might be exercised ) but if so that is entirely separate I n law to the transfer of the player. Good luck if you sue the player - no other player likely to sign for you in the future.
He could get injured, his form could fall off
Anything could happen
Football careers are very short
Not getting this deal done is gambling with a lot of money on the table
Especially after City clearly decided that 60m was too much for them to pay
No, the club and player may have decided that it is public information. It's up to the two of them what happens, it is part of a negotiated contract after all.
The question really is, are there bids being accepted above secret release clauses all the time and the public (and perhaps even the buying club) just never finds out about it?
That seems ludicrous to me, but maybe?
They haven't complained to the PL.
Sure, all these things may happen. But the way you stated it was pretty definitive.
You doth protest too much methinks. Neither you or anyone on here knows the purpose of the release clause or who wanted one inserted in the first place.
Safe to assume it was the player/agent as it's just been revealed NF have been trying to remove it by getting MGW to sign a new contract for the past 12 months which he has refused.
The notion of NDA protected release clauses is I suppose possible but very unlikely if for no other reason than denying the logic of asking for one in the first place.
The player looks at a release clause as a path to easy exit whilst the club is duty bound to place enough value on it to realise the asset.
In this case Forest have fucked up by putting too low a value on a figure they knew would trigger his release and render them powerless to stop his departure. Fwiw I can see the reasoning on the BFG's actions since as there was very little else he could do.
If there is evidence of skullduggery on our part then it will get much more messy, if not the move will go through for the trigger amount and not a shekel more.
Does make me chuckle when I see people assuming the fans have influenced any decision.
Daniel Levy's superpower, both obviously evident, self-described, and described by people who work with him, is that he's got skin thicker than an old leather boot. The cliche on the forums, including this one, is to accuse someone of being 'paid by the levy' to rebuke criticism, when in reality it's probably the last thing he'd ever bother doing.
It seems a bit salty that people would suggest triggering the release clause is some sort of PR stunt, if intended to be taken serious
to train ... While MGW completed his medical 
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