06 Jan 2018 20:28:58
Well, there we have it. Phils off. Money's well and truly gone mad in football and player power is all mighty! do you think with the way that player power is now increasing to the point that we are seeing more players forcing their clubs hands RE: transfers (Pip, VVD, Sterling, Dembele etc) that perhaps the way contracts are worded needs to change. Perhaps it will be more common that a player has a high, but realistic buy out clause?
If we take Pip for example if in his contract he signed last year he had a buy out clause of say £150/ 160 million Barcelona of whoever knows the asking price and if they don't stump that up then the player knows he's not going anywhere.
This protects the club he plays for, if for example another club approaches and unsettles the player to the point he wants to go there is not a club vs player fall out. the terms are clearly laid out, they are either met or not.
Just a thought.

1.) 06 Jan 2018
06 Jan 2018 21:00:44
It’s a nice idea but with the changes recently in fees paid for players it wouldn’t work. For example say pip signed a contract even two years ago with a buy out clause no one would think we would ever get £140ml so you could end up loosing out to a change in market value. Or it could finally stop the crazy money being paid out! Gone are the days when 20ml was a big buy.