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InBiscanWeTrust said:
Not rewlly, if he helps them get CL again this year then that £15m loss will be coveted by the £50m CL money.
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meh.... never that simple mate. they had a contract never expecting a huge success last year and have tired to hold on but failed. they won't be in cl for long but they passed the guy from one red bull club to another so quite how they managed to insert the release and not realise where the fees are going i don't know.

really they maybe mid table this year irrespective.
 
BobbyD said:
Oh yeah i know that they've lost out on what they were going to make this summer.

Milk reckons that you guys have bought Keita an option whereby you pay a few million now and buy him at the release clause but WITHOUT the obligation i.e. if for whatever reason you don't want to buy him say cause hes paralysed, then you don't have to buy him.

For a few million i'm pretty sure they wouldn't put themselves in such a disadvantaged position but what do i know
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no its 100% done. its a binding contract.
 
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BobbyD said:
Oh yeah i know that they've lost out on what they were going to make this summer.

Milk reckons that you guys have bought Keita an option whereby you pay a few million now and buy him at the release clause but WITHOUT the obligation i.e. if for whatever reason you don't want to buy him say cause hes paralysed, then you don't have to buy him.

For a few million i'm pretty sure they wouldn't put themselves in such a disadvantaged position but what do i know
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If he got paralysed without the contract tomorrow Leipzig get £3mill for free. They wouldn't be selling him next summer anyway. So haven't lost anything by selling an option.
 
My Irish Lemur Keita said:
If we don't buy they keep the player (which is what they want) or sell the player next summer for the release fee anyway and keep the £3 mill we gave them.
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I am not sure you are right. All the reports say that he has been sold to LFC, not some retainer like paying 1% on a house. Keita has said he is a Liverpool player playing at Leipzig. I don't think the Germans would have a deal which allowed LFC to walk away next year just for £3m. It is not a good deal for them, especially if they could get a premium of tens of millions.
 
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carlthejackal said:
Like astro said we have effectively loaned the player back to Leipzig. If something happens to him, too bad although our insurance should cover the costs. Leipzig has obviously struck gold. They keep a top player for one year and keep him to play in the CL. They are guaranteed £60m without any risks that the player might lose his value through injury.
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so you think we have taken out specific insurance to cover us for the risk buying a player who is injured and expected to miss at least the next 9 months.
I assumed the premium was paid as to secure an agreement that we would buy him next year by meeting the release clause and they would sell to us even if others offered more.
In the meantime he would still owned by RBL .
 
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Solid_Air 2 said:
so you think we have taken out specific insurance to cover us for the risk buying a player who is injured and expected to miss at least the next 9 months.
I assumed the premium was paid as to secure an agreement that we would buy him next year by meeting the release clause and they would sell to us even if others offered more.
In the meantime he would still owned by RBL .
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I would think that its an insurance against him never playing again etc. its not that uncommon it seems.. just uncommon to us.
 
Solid_Air 2 said:
so you think we have taken out specific insurance to cover us for the risk buying a player who is injured and expected to miss at least the next 9 months.
I assumed the premium was paid as to secure an agreement that we would buy him next year by meeting the release clause and they would sell to us even if others offered more.
In the meantime he would still owned by RBL .
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If that were the case he wouldn't have needed the medical.
 
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Solid_Air 2 said:
so you think we have taken out specific insurance to cover us for the risk buying a player who is injured and expected to miss at least the next 9 months.
I assumed the premium was paid as to secure an agreement that we would buy him next year by meeting the release clause and they would sell to us even if others offered more.
In the meantime he would still owned by RBL .
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Once he's had a medical with LFC, he is ours.
 
Ffs...everything gone quiet again so we're all just speculating on the Keita deal. They should just ban all gossip and announce who they're buying on 3 different days of the window.
 
moreinjuredthanowen said:
meh.... never that simple mate. they had a contract never expecting a huge success last year and have tired to hold on but failed. they won't be in cl for long but they passed the guy from one red bull club to another so quite how they managed to insert the release and not realise where the fees are going i don't know.

really they maybe mid table this year irrespective.
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Your posts makes no sense in response to mine?

RB had 3 options.

Sell now for £70m
Sell now for premium plus £45m but keep him for year
Sell next summer for £45m

Yes if they sold him for £70m might get extra 20odd million. But, and it all hypothetical, if they keep him and he helps get CL then that £20m loss will seem like nothing compared to the CL revenue they will get.

Now he could stay and they come mid mid table and it'll seem like a big loss, but they also have Werner and Fosberg and if they sold Keita now would that put worry in their minds that they want to move because they see the ram getting weaker?

i think RB have done very well out of this, in theory loaned him for a year and got above the release clause as payment.
 
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