Nah there’ll be a contractual obligation otherwise they’d be useless. Buy-backs are triggered often just to sell the player straight on for a bigger fee
If they did activate it to sign him back I doubt it would be to play for them. They would have another deal lined up to sell him on to another club. Say, 6m back to them and 10m on to Brighton for example.
And he could decline that move, surely?
Do we even know for sure there’s an active clause? Makes the new deal a folly surely?
He could decline the move to Brighton as it’s a new transfer but he couldn’t refuse the buy back to Spurs as it’s already a negotiated clause. Cirkin will’ve agreed to the terms when the transfer to us was arranged
no, that’s not how they normally work. Because there’s no way at that point of anybody know when or what level he will be at when the buy back is triggered
Am gonna go with your answers cos I love and massively rate Cirks
no, that’s not how they normally work. Because there’s no way at that point of anybody know when or what level he will be at when the buy back is triggered
Yeah that’s why there’s a time limit on it. They can’t just say well we can buy him back at any point in his career for X amount of money.
It’s an agreement between the player and both clubs when the transfer is arranged that the selling club can re-purchase for a set fee within said period and he’ll rejoin on t&c’s that were agreed with him at the time ie better wages, length of contract etc literally as if it’s just a new transfer.
If there was no contractual agreement then the buy back would essentially be useless and buying teams would always agree to them because the selling team would have no power whatsoever to trigger it.
It was just journos and 'reports' about a buy back, don't think anything was confirmed by the club. Not sure if he could turn down the subsequent transfer or not but the way I read the buy back clause is; for the right price, he is a Spurs player. But this buy back will have an expiry date, 3 years, 5 years? Not a clue how long it last for.And he could decline that move, surely?
Do we even know for sure there’s an active clause? Makes the new deal a folly surely?
the selling club (spurs in this instance) are confident enough that they’re a big enough pull that if they want Cirkin back, he will come.
it’s not useless - it means if he becomes a £12m player and wants to move to the premier league - they get him for £6m instead of £12m.
they’re gambling on him wanting to come back. But they’re basically just negotiating themselves a low release clause
It was just journos and 'reports' about a buy back, don't think anything was confirmed by the club. Not sure if he could turn down the subsequent transfer or not but the way I read the buy back clause is; for the right price, he is a Spurs player. But this buy back will have an expiry date, 3 years, 5 years? Not a clue how long it last for.
It was just journos and 'reports' about a buy back, don't think anything was confirmed by the club. Not sure if he could turn down the subsequent transfer or not but the way I read the buy back clause is; for the right price, he is a Spurs player. But this buy back will have an expiry date, 3 years, 5 years? Not a clue how long it last for.
Any more action today?
Have done some reading on buybacks and to clarify:
1. It's unaffected by this new deal Cirkin has signed; it's a completely separate contract between the clubs only.
2. As a result of 1, even if Spurs do activate it, Cirkin has the final say whether he wants to go back as he is not party to the "buyback contract" between the clubs. If they can't convince him, he stays [EDIT: This might be wrong, different sources say different things. I think it depends on how the deal was structured?]
3. The Sunderland Echo reported that the buyback clause expires on 30 June 2024. No guarantee they're right, but it would make sense. That gives Spurs three years from Dennis signing with us which seems like a fair compromise for all parties involved.
Given the lads ability maybe we should approach Spurs to ‘buy out’ the buy back?