Quote from: Drummond on July 26, 2019, 08:24:54 AMQuote from: Brassneck on July 26, 2019, 08:23:31 AMQuote from: robbo1874 on July 26, 2019, 08:19:18 AMIf City activate the buyback clause, does it mean he has to go back there regardless of whether he wants to or not? You’d have to assume he probably would want to go back, as he’d likely be having a tilt at the champs league with City. But we might have a decent season and he may want to stay. What happens then?We have no control. .How do you know that?Know what?
Quote from: Brassneck on July 26, 2019, 08:23:31 AMQuote from: robbo1874 on July 26, 2019, 08:19:18 AMIf City activate the buyback clause, does it mean he has to go back there regardless of whether he wants to or not? You’d have to assume he probably would want to go back, as he’d likely be having a tilt at the champs league with City. But we might have a decent season and he may want to stay. What happens then?We have no control. .How do you know that?
Quote from: robbo1874 on July 26, 2019, 08:19:18 AMIf City activate the buyback clause, does it mean he has to go back there regardless of whether he wants to or not? You’d have to assume he probably would want to go back, as he’d likely be having a tilt at the champs league with City. But we might have a decent season and he may want to stay. What happens then?We have no control. .
If City activate the buyback clause, does it mean he has to go back there regardless of whether he wants to or not? You’d have to assume he probably would want to go back, as he’d likely be having a tilt at the champs league with City. But we might have a decent season and he may want to stay. What happens then?
Yeah, but if like you say they buy him back to sell him on for more, I'm saying we could pay if we wanted to, and buy him outright.
Quote from: Brassneck on July 26, 2019, 08:25:59 AMQuote from: Drummond on July 26, 2019, 08:24:54 AMQuote from: Brassneck on July 26, 2019, 08:23:31 AMQuote from: robbo1874 on July 26, 2019, 08:19:18 AMIf City activate the buyback clause, does it mean he has to go back there regardless of whether he wants to or not? You’d have to assume he probably would want to go back, as he’d likely be having a tilt at the champs league with City. But we might have a decent season and he may want to stay. What happens then?We have no control. .How do you know that?Know what?The control bit?
Quote from: Drummond on July 26, 2019, 07:36:23 PMQuote from: Brassneck on July 26, 2019, 08:25:59 AMQuote from: Drummond on July 26, 2019, 08:24:54 AMQuote from: Brassneck on July 26, 2019, 08:23:31 AMQuote from: robbo1874 on July 26, 2019, 08:19:18 AMIf City activate the buyback clause, does it mean he has to go back there regardless of whether he wants to or not? You’d have to assume he probably would want to go back, as he’d likely be having a tilt at the champs league with City. But we might have a decent season and he may want to stay. What happens then?We have no control. .How do you know that?Know what?The control bit? It’s contractual I would expect. But perhaps if he doesn’t want to go back or go back and be sold on he could object. But I’m sure he wouldn’t object unless we turn stellar. We certainly would be powerless
Quote from: frank black on July 26, 2019, 07:42:38 PMQuote from: Drummond on July 26, 2019, 07:36:23 PMQuote from: Brassneck on July 26, 2019, 08:25:59 AMQuote from: Drummond on July 26, 2019, 08:24:54 AMQuote from: Brassneck on July 26, 2019, 08:23:31 AMQuote from: robbo1874 on July 26, 2019, 08:19:18 AMIf City activate the buyback clause, does it mean he has to go back there regardless of whether he wants to or not? You’d have to assume he probably would want to go back, as he’d likely be having a tilt at the champs league with City. But we might have a decent season and he may want to stay. What happens then?We have no control. .How do you know that?Know what?The control bit? It’s contractual I would expect. But perhaps if he doesn’t want to go back or go back and be sold on he could object. But I’m sure he wouldn’t object unless we turn stellar. We certainly would be powerlessCorrect. That’s what a buy out clause is. It gives the selling club the opportunity to buy back at some point if they wish. If Man City want him back, there’s nothing we can do to stop them activating the clause.
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?