Erling Haaland
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Horatio
You're welcome
City sheiks will prolly break bank to keep him.
El Gato
Villarato!
Some sources saying Pep claimed he has no release clause during the post-match
https://twitter.com/SamLee/status/1577772540310818816
https://twitter.com/SamLee/status/1577772540310818816
DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
Specific Real Madrid release clause. He might have a 200m one regardless that is active after this third season.
Crazy how a Chiringuito clown making up something made it go rounds in the football press tho
Birdy
Senior Member
Less pathetic, but still small club mentality
The release clauses in contracts of players respecting their clubs - and the clubs respecting their players - are either astronomical (1 B) or they don't exist
Unless you are a Dortmund or a Leipzig
El Gato
Villarato!
If on the player end you get a choice between 'we want to join and try to do something (a dynasty) in 4-5 years but not more, wanna try more leagues' or you'd lose out, it's understandable.
Clauses in any strong European team now are mostly to milk the richest out there for all you can and safeguard club from player leaving on a whim after a bad fallout/poorer season. Dortmunds of this world have a poor competitive domestic model in general, but they are more sustainable financially because of being willing to accept release clauses.
Clauses in any strong European team now are mostly to milk the richest out there for all you can and safeguard club from player leaving on a whim after a bad fallout/poorer season. Dortmunds of this world have a poor competitive domestic model in general, but they are more sustainable financially because of being willing to accept release clauses.
Birdy
Senior Member
I don't blame Dortmund or Leipzig for doing that. They are sustainable and have a clear model of operation.
I blame City though
No matter what you write in the bolded part, you know and I know and every knows that
Bayern wouldn't accept a clause despite any such argument from the player's camp
Liverpool wouldn't
Real wouldn't
Barca wouldn't
What does this reveal about City?
El Gato
Villarato!
That they may be different from rest of this class of clubs. And at the moment better off. Decision to take what might seem a PR optics hit may as well pay off considering a lot changes for the player's camp since the moment they originally request the clause. He could turn around in 2-3 years and say 'well, actually, I won this much here, why would I leave'?
Besides for oil clubs player commitment is not so important, they can always spend more to replace and remain where they want to be even if not setting records like Haaland's current stint is. Pep staying is much more important for where they want to be as a club.
Besides for oil clubs player commitment is not so important, they can always spend more to replace and remain where they want to be even if not setting records like Haaland's current stint is. Pep staying is much more important for where they want to be as a club.
Respekt_III
Anti-everything
We accepted a 220m clause for neymar, just saying.
Birdy
Senior Member
That was Barto fuckup all along.
Shouldn't be a payable clause there to begin with
We did, thinking no sane club will pay that. At the time it was more than 2x the world record fee.
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