Quote from: Toronto Villa on July 26, 2019, 03:23:36 PMMy point is none of us know the specific details of the clause. It’s all speculation. And secondly, if Jack or Trezeguet or AEG have a brilliant year then what’s to stop Man City it anyone else coming in for them? No, you're right, but to give the example of Jack, we managed to stop him leaving last summer.In the case of Luiz we would be contractually obliged to sell him, and at a price we'd agreed in advance with another club.I am not massively shitting myself over this, I'd still buy the player, but to suggest it doesn't matter when it has a legally defined impact on our future is wide of the mark.Let's agree to revisit this in 12 months time, and see if they've called him back, and see what peoples' reactions are.
My point is none of us know the specific details of the clause. It’s all speculation. And secondly, if Jack or Trezeguet or AEG have a brilliant year then what’s to stop Man City it anyone else coming in for them?
Come on. It's a loan deal in all but name.The BIG difference is, Man City are paying US to have him on loan. 😂
Quote from: Villa75 on July 26, 2019, 02:16:39 PMCome on. It's a loan deal in all but name.The BIG difference is, Man City are paying US to have him on loan. 😂I can't see Villa being up for developing players for other clubs, Purslow ruled that kind of thing out.
I’m not particularly bothered by the buy back clause because if it’s activated it means he’s done well. However, it doesn’t necessarily mean he’s good enough for city - just that he’s worth more than whatever the buy back price is. Look at frankfurt and Jovic. They buy him off benfica for a pre determined amount and sell him straight away to Madrid for a profit. That is probably the most likely outcome for DL I reckon. Either way, means he’s done decent for us assuming the buy back is >£15m (see Angelino for a low city buyback recently)
Quote from: Villatillidie25 on July 26, 2019, 07:27:45 PMI’m not particularly bothered by the buy back clause because if it’s activated it means he’s done well. However, it doesn’t necessarily mean he’s good enough for city - just that he’s worth more than whatever the buy back price is. Look at frankfurt and Jovic. They buy him off benfica for a pre determined amount and sell him straight away to Madrid for a profit. That is probably the most likely outcome for DL I reckon. Either way, means he’s done decent for us assuming the buy back is >£15m (see Angelino for a low city buyback recently) Yeah, but we're fucking loaded so we could just buy him at a higher price, without any clause.