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Summer time and the living is easy! What? Well WTF do you expect us to do here? :/
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The agreement is with the player and club, they can refuse to let him speak to us and other than go to the PL not sure Tottenham can do anything.I reckon we're now letting the fat Greek cool off whilst also having multiple lawyers pour over the fine print to check and triple check.
It's what literally any prudent CEO would do. Make sure they don't have a point before getting that big old stick out and poking the bear again.
Could there be anything in the contract that invalidates it if the release clause is leaked or if the buying club fails to get permission to speak to the player.
and it was
still lost
If we sign him, I hope we take the absolute piss in his intro video.
Maybe a graphic/video of him emerging from prison.
The realityI reckon we're now letting the fat Greek cool off whilst also having multiple lawyers pour over the fine print to check and triple check.
It's what literally any prudent CEO would do. Make sure they don't have a point before getting that big old stick out and poking the bear again.
Neither of us know that.The agreement is with the player and club, they can refuse to let him speak to us and other than go to the PL not sure Tottenham can do anything.
Its the player who will need to take action.
Reckon he's like me and prefers his bed to be as cold as my heart.
Pity the lawyers did not check earlkerI reckon we're now letting the fat Greek cool off whilst also having multiple lawyers pour over the fine print to check and triple check.
It's what literally any prudent CEO would do. Make sure they don't have a point before getting that big old stick out and poking the bear again.
Why would they pay more than his release clause?
Not really.Very odd that levy has not offered less than the release clause.
So, obviously with these contracts, either party can request all kinds of clauses, and if the other party agrees then it'll go in there, so this is possible in theory.To use your eBay analogy, perhaps the release clause is simply a reserve price... Only offers over xx can be considered.
It's true.Bazali was particularly keen to be the first to establish his dog-rimming credentials.

The clause is not a minimum price if the club actively want to sell the player. They can always accept less. It's more to benefit the player by setting a reasonable minimum price should the club not want to sell him.So, obviously with these contracts, either party can request all kinds of clauses, and if the other party agrees then it'll go in there, so this is possible in theory.
But who would request that clause? Why would the club? With no clause they are free to consider, accept, or reject whatever bid they see fit, from their PoV this would be unnecessarily restrictive, if the player was a flop and they wanted to get rid then they are hamstrung by this clause and unable to sell for less surely? The player, there is no good reason for him to push for or sign up for this clause either.
I think due to the chaos of this deal people are vastly overthinking what a release clause entails, some have caveats like expiration dates, only being valid for a specified period, only applicable to CL clubs, etc. But the bottom line is, they specify a fee which essentially takes the selling club out of the decision making process.
This delay with MGW is down to the Forest owner playing silly buggers, not some wild stipulation in the contract. Another club coming in would be stupid to go over that specified amount, the only reason to do so is to spread the payment over multiple years (which requires Forests agreement), but apparently MGWs clause includes paying it over 2 years, so the appeal of paying a higher fee but spread out is diminished a little.
Maybe we're all barking up the wrong tree*