Prowler 197 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 That thing about Gibson attempting to dribble is the same thing I love about Ayala. He might be a tall, hard, old school *** but that lad can bring the ball out. Hell, I still remember his run down the right wing :D Link to post Share on other sites
Foogle 2,104 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 With Villa's financial plight, apparently £75m needs to be made up this season... and Traore looking increasingly likely to stay for this season. If there is a sell on clause in his contract, would it be prudent to offer say £1m upfront to get rid of the clause? Link to post Share on other sites
"KM" 1,656 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Newcastle fan at work has just told me they are after Albert Adomah. Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,301 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 BirminghamLive says there is a 20% sell-on clause in Adamas contract. As someone else mentioned earlier we may be able to negotiate that out if he is still here come the end of the transfer window as Villa badly need the money. Best scenario is Traore stays, signs a new contract and we pay off Villa to remove that clause. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/middlesbroughs-stance-winger-adama-traore-14883337 Link to post Share on other sites
LinoJo3 3,191 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 If he's staying why even bother removing the clause? Put the money towards a player instead. Then if we do get promoted he probably would sign a new contract. Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,301 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 If he's staying why even bother removing the clause? Put the money towards a player instead. Then if we do get promoted he probably would sign a new contract. You don't think we can maybe sell him in the future? If we don't remove it it will still be there in the future even if he signs a new contract. If we can exploit Villas financial woes we can potentially save a lot of money. Southampton missed out on a lot of money when Spurs sold Bale to Madrid as Spurs offered them a bit of money to remove that sell on clause at a time when Southampton was desperate for money, Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,283 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 The Gazette refuted that claim on Twitter not long ago, didn't they? Said something along the lines of it being their understanding that the clause became inactive when we were relegated or something. Can't remember specifically what was said but it's their understanding that no such clause remains active. Link to post Share on other sites
Will 2,958 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 The Gazette refuted that claim on Twitter not long ago, didn't they? Said something along the lines of it being their understanding that the clause became inactive when we were relegated or something. Can't remember specifically what was said but it's their understanding that no such clause remains active. That was about the supposed release clause of £18m, which I guess is probably only active for 1 year from being relegated. Link to post Share on other sites
LinoJo3 3,191 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 If he's staying why even bother removing the clause? Put the money towards a player instead. Then if we do get promoted he probably would sign a new contract. You don't think we can maybe sell him in the future? If we don't remove it it will still be there in the future even if he signs a new contract. If we can exploit Villas financial woes we can potentially save a lot of money. Southampton missed out on a lot of money when Spurs sold Bale to Madrid as Spurs offered them a bit of money to remove that sell on clause at a time when Southampton was desperate for money, We most likely will sell him in the future I'm just saying promotion is our main priority and every penny counts when it comes to getting players in. To estimate how much the clause is worth Villa will put their own value on traore which would be around £25m, they would ask us for £5m to cancel the clause, even if we negotiate it down to £3m it's not the kind of money we can afford to just write off. Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,283 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 The Gazette refuted that claim on Twitter not long ago, didn't they? Said something along the lines of it being their understanding that the clause became inactive when we were relegated or something. Can't remember specifically what was said but it's their understanding that no such clause remains active. That was about the supposed release clause of £18m, which I guess is probably only active for 1 year from being relegated. Ah right yeah, that was it, my bad. Link to post Share on other sites
Foogle 2,104 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 If he's staying why even bother removing the clause? Put the money towards a player instead. Then if we do get promoted he probably would sign a new contract. You don't think we can maybe sell him in the future? If we don't remove it it will still be there in the future even if he signs a new contract. If we can exploit Villas financial woes we can potentially save a lot of money. Southampton missed out on a lot of money when Spurs sold Bale to Madrid as Spurs offered them a bit of money to remove that sell on clause at a time when Southampton was desperate for money, We most likely will sell him in the future I'm just saying promotion is our main priority and every penny counts when it comes to getting players in. To estimate how much the clause is worth Villa will put their own value on traore which would be around £25m, they would ask us for £5m to cancel the clause, even if we negotiate it down to £3m it's not the kind of money we can afford to just write off. It would be 20% on any profit, so say we go on the £18m price quoted it would be 20% of £11m which is £2.2m. They have really bad cash flow problems so if we offered them £1.5m upfront I'm not sure they could turn it down. Think it would be a wise investment for Gibbo because he could go for a much bigger sum in the future... Link to post Share on other sites
LinoJo3 3,191 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Well why not just do that next summer or even January? Even £1.5m is a good players wage for a year. If we have the money available then yea go for it just don't think it should be a priority if at least for now he's staying. Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,301 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Which would also explain that it was Boro all along who released fake news that there is an 18 million clause in his contract :) Link to post Share on other sites
Tom 2,492 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 BREAKING: Birmingham have been placed under a transfer embargo after breaching FFP rules during their spending spree last season when they signed 13 players! Birmingham will face further punishment if new signing Kristian Pedersen plays after the EFL declined to register him! That's a blow for us trying to shift Johnson and Fletcher to Monk. Link to post Share on other sites
Foogle 2,104 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Which would also explain that it was Boro all along who released fake news that there is an 18 million clause in his contract :) Neil Bausor completes the plot twist by lifting off his mask to reveal he was really M. Night Shyamalan all along :omg: Link to post Share on other sites
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