There's been a lot of absolute bull posted on social media lately by attention seeking fools about player contracts at Leeds ... the only thing you need to understand is that these trolls actually know nothing, and the club haven't exactly been filling in the media on contracts
Take a good look around ... not one single respected sports journalist has written a peep about the Leeds manager situation, or player contracts and transfers ... no point in speculating if you don't know
Here's the thing about contract clauses, why they get put in and why they're necessary
There will definitely be release and/or loan clauses built into contracts when players sign, particularly if a player is a current international ... it's sensible and common practice
Minimum Fee Release Clause: this is normal in Europe where all players have this put in, and it's normally well above market value to ensure strong negotiations ... Barcelona have just signed Gundogan on a free from Man City and put a £342m release clause in his contract ... there are cases where clubs get this wrong, example being the wonderful Brighton who lost World Cup Winner Mac Allister to Liverpool for just £35m when they could probably have sold him for £80m
Relegation Release Clause: another clause that's commonplace with international players who join clubs where relegation may be a possibility ... will be lower than minimum fee clause, but still a good reflection of the player's value ... in the case of older players, say a Rodrigo who's wrong side of 30, the release value will decrease each season all the way into final year of contract ... it's sensible
Relegation Loan Clause: again, nothing new ... this allows the better players to continue playing at a high level and then return more experienced and improved ... if they shine brightly on loan, it also helps to bump up their sale value, so not a bad thing ... this I do know for a fact, the loan clause will include full wages to be paid for the duration plus a healthy loan fee ... e.g. if Adams went out on loan, then his wages would be covered in full and Leeds would receive at least £3m in loan fees
Llorente is on a reported £52k a week at Leeds ... that's £2.7m that the loan to Roma will save Leeds, plus a loan fee of let's say a lowly £1.5m for the season ... that's not bad business, and hopefully Leeds add in an obligation to buy for £6m at end of season ... Llorente's previous loan agreement was dependant on Leeds staying in Prem which is why the £18m buy clause wasn't activated ... same happened with JKA, the buy clause was only activated on Leeds surviving relegation ... if the club had gone down, then the JKA deal would have collapsed
Players and agents want release clauses put in so that they have the opportunity to move on to better things should their careers go well, and they can't be held to ransom
Here's another thing about loan clauses, they won't exist in final year of contract because no club will allow a player to go out on loan in final year and then lose them for free ... what they may agree to is a loan in final year with a fixed fee obligation to buy so that they get money for the player
With relegation to the Championship it makes sense for Leeds to loan out some of their talented players to allow them to continue developing at a higher level ... this saves millions in wages and also gets loan fees in to bolster the transfer fund ... in essence, Leeds get paid to have their players developed and hopefully return better and more valuable assets
There won't be any silly deals done by Leeds this window, and if a player goes for less than expected, there will be a valid reason why it was done ... all this bull about stupid clauses has been just that, stupid ... there are idiots who still try and discredit Orta by making up garbage about him, don't believe it
Orta left Leeds because he had a huge disagreement with Kinnear about bringing in Allardyce, which he was right about ... Kinnear convinced Radz that Orta had to go and Bung Sam would save the club ... that went well ... how Kinnear is still at Leeds is a mystery, he is a fool who played a major part in coming up with the idea of reneging on the JKA deal ... he should have been fired for that alone, and Bung Sam should have been the final straw, yet here he is ... as for his claim that Marsch was going to be an extension of Bielsa Ball to help justify sacking the genius, oh jeez
Take a good look around ... not one single respected sports journalist has written a peep about the Leeds manager situation, or player contracts and transfers ... no point in speculating if you don't know
Here's the thing about contract clauses, why they get put in and why they're necessary
There will definitely be release and/or loan clauses built into contracts when players sign, particularly if a player is a current international ... it's sensible and common practice
Minimum Fee Release Clause: this is normal in Europe where all players have this put in, and it's normally well above market value to ensure strong negotiations ... Barcelona have just signed Gundogan on a free from Man City and put a £342m release clause in his contract ... there are cases where clubs get this wrong, example being the wonderful Brighton who lost World Cup Winner Mac Allister to Liverpool for just £35m when they could probably have sold him for £80m
Relegation Release Clause: another clause that's commonplace with international players who join clubs where relegation may be a possibility ... will be lower than minimum fee clause, but still a good reflection of the player's value ... in the case of older players, say a Rodrigo who's wrong side of 30, the release value will decrease each season all the way into final year of contract ... it's sensible
Relegation Loan Clause: again, nothing new ... this allows the better players to continue playing at a high level and then return more experienced and improved ... if they shine brightly on loan, it also helps to bump up their sale value, so not a bad thing ... this I do know for a fact, the loan clause will include full wages to be paid for the duration plus a healthy loan fee ... e.g. if Adams went out on loan, then his wages would be covered in full and Leeds would receive at least £3m in loan fees
Llorente is on a reported £52k a week at Leeds ... that's £2.7m that the loan to Roma will save Leeds, plus a loan fee of let's say a lowly £1.5m for the season ... that's not bad business, and hopefully Leeds add in an obligation to buy for £6m at end of season ... Llorente's previous loan agreement was dependant on Leeds staying in Prem which is why the £18m buy clause wasn't activated ... same happened with JKA, the buy clause was only activated on Leeds surviving relegation ... if the club had gone down, then the JKA deal would have collapsed
Players and agents want release clauses put in so that they have the opportunity to move on to better things should their careers go well, and they can't be held to ransom
Here's another thing about loan clauses, they won't exist in final year of contract because no club will allow a player to go out on loan in final year and then lose them for free ... what they may agree to is a loan in final year with a fixed fee obligation to buy so that they get money for the player
With relegation to the Championship it makes sense for Leeds to loan out some of their talented players to allow them to continue developing at a higher level ... this saves millions in wages and also gets loan fees in to bolster the transfer fund ... in essence, Leeds get paid to have their players developed and hopefully return better and more valuable assets
There won't be any silly deals done by Leeds this window, and if a player goes for less than expected, there will be a valid reason why it was done ... all this bull about stupid clauses has been just that, stupid ... there are idiots who still try and discredit Orta by making up garbage about him, don't believe it
Orta left Leeds because he had a huge disagreement with Kinnear about bringing in Allardyce, which he was right about ... Kinnear convinced Radz that Orta had to go and Bung Sam would save the club ... that went well ... how Kinnear is still at Leeds is a mystery, he is a fool who played a major part in coming up with the idea of reneging on the JKA deal ... he should have been fired for that alone, and Bung Sam should have been the final straw, yet here he is ... as for his claim that Marsch was going to be an extension of Bielsa Ball to help justify sacking the genius, oh jeez
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