having a quick read about, around the web, and you have to laugh at the legal knowledge all the Man U fans think they now have. Apparently Man U and Blackburn now have a legally binding contract, and BB have to sell to them, and all this £22M bid is pointless and irrelevant. All I can say is thank God mancs are too stupid to become lawyers!
Let me explain how this works. man U make a bid that exceeds the clause in the contract. All that entitles them to do is talk to the player and see if he wants to play for them. Now another club makes the same bid, they also have the right to talk to the player. Then the player decides who he wants to join. However, if another club come in and offer £6M more than the clause in the contract, that also gets them the right to talk to the player, but, it is also going to make Blackburn really, really want to sell to that team. And even though the player may really want to join the mancs, the owning club can still chose which offer to accept. From there it gets messy, if the player really doesn't want to join Liverpool, it all gets into a stalemate. Why should Blackburn accept a £16.5M bid, while a £22M one is on the table?? So either the Player joins Liverpool, or stays at Blackburn. It's not first come, first served. If all the bids are the same, then the club will let the player choose, but in this case, the club will accept the bigger bid. So it will come down to how determined the lad is to join the mancs, or if the mancs are prepared to increase their bid.
Come the end of it, he will more than likely join Man U, but he could stay a Blackburn player if no-one backs down.