January 2023 Transfer Rumours, Discussions and Done Deals Thread

[Dogtanian]

The Doug situation is interesting as his signing the new contract was so unexpected. Would be massively surprised if there’s no release clause in there as all the cards were in his hand.

I do wonder about the Arsenal conversation though and who at Villa convinced him he shouldn’t move there because they’re going nowhere though! If they do win the league I think he might see it as an opportunity missed and make him more eager to jump at the next offer.

[Chris Smith]

The Doug situation is interesting as his signing the new contract was so unexpected. Would be massively surprised if there’s no release clause in there as all the cards were in his hand.

I do wonder about the Arsenal conversation though and who at Villa convinced him he shouldn’t move there because they’re going nowhere though! If they do win the league I think he might see it as an opportunity missed and make him more eager to jump at the next offer.

Perhaps the line was, “Doug, we’re talking to Emre so this charlatan won’t be here much longer”.

[Clampy]

The Doug situation is interesting as his signing the new contract was so unexpected. Would be massively surprised if there’s no release clause in there as all the cards were in his hand.

I do wonder about the Arsenal conversation though and who at Villa convinced him he shouldn’t move there because they’re going nowhere though! If they do win the league I think he might see it as an opportunity missed and make him more eager to jump at the next offer.

Perhaps the line was, “Doug, we’re talking to Emre so this charlatan won’t be here much longer”.

I thought similar just after he signed his new contract. Its possible he was told a change was afoot.

[frank black]

It was more along the lines of, sorry we didn’t let you go Doug. If you sign a new deal we’ll let you go for a fee of ??.
His agent would have driven the clause as low as possible and we will get a fee to cover our costs, whatever was agreed.
This is why he will leave soon enough, but hey, it works for us I guess.

[dr.chekov]

How do you know that?

[Dave P]

Smoke has started with Dougy. I’m expecting his clause to be activated in January or the summer. I’m guessing here, but I have a feeling it’ll be a very reasonably priced option for a few clubs. Fair play to him for signing a deal and at least allowing us to get a fee.

Not one person said that about Delph.  FYI I'm not comparing the two.  I actually don't hate Delph and have a bit of respect for him for allowing us to get a fee.

[frank black]

Smoke has started with Dougy. I’m expecting his clause to be activated in January or the summer. I’m guessing here, but I have a feeling it’ll be a very reasonably priced option for a few clubs. Fair play to him for signing a deal and at least allowing us to get a fee.

Not one person said that about Delph.  FYI I'm not comparing the two.  I actually don't hate Delph and have a bit of respect for him for allowing us to get a fee.

I did, but he just left in the wrong way and said the wrong things

[Brend'Watkins]

It was more along the lines of, sorry we didn’t let you go Doug. If you sign a new deal we’ll let you go for a fee of ??.
His agent would have driven the clause as low as possible and we will get a fee to cover our costs, whatever was agreed.
This is why he will leave soon enough, but hey, it works for us I guess.

That's some conspiracy theory.  He's starting to look like the player we thought and hoped he would become so naturally the conclusion is he want's off? Maybe it's just that he signed because we gave him more money.

[frank black]

How do you know that?

I don’t , but seems pretty obvious and logical to me. We weren’t going anywhere as a team and he had the potential to go to Arsenal or anywhere for free in the summer. Can’t see how or why he’d sign a deal unless it suited him significantly. A reasonable clause would do the trick and still allow him to earn more in the short term and get a reasonable increase when moving. If the clause is too high, he wouldn’t have signed up.

[frank black]

It was more along the lines of, sorry we didn’t let you go Doug. If you sign a new deal we’ll let you go for a fee of ??.
His agent would have driven the clause as low as possible and we will get a fee to cover our costs, whatever was agreed.
This is why he will leave soon enough, but hey, it works for us I guess.

That's some conspiracy theory.  He's starting to look like the player we thought and hoped he would become so naturally the conclusion is he want's off? Maybe it's just that he signed because we gave him more money.

It’s just common sense not conspiratorial

[Brend'Watkins]

It was more along the lines of, sorry we didn’t let you go Doug. If you sign a new deal we’ll let you go for a fee of ??.
His agent would have driven the clause as low as possible and we will get a fee to cover our costs, whatever was agreed.
This is why he will leave soon enough, but hey, it works for us I guess.

That's some conspiracy theory.  He's starting to look like the player we thought and hoped he would become so naturally the conclusion is he want's off? Maybe it's just that he signed because we gave him more money.

It’s just common sense not conspiratorial

We don't know anything about his current contract so that clause could already be there for all we know.

[frank black]

We’ll know soon enough, if there’s a stream of links come January then we can be confident teams are sniffing due to a clause. Otherwise if he has signed a deal with no reasonable “get out” then it’ll be all quiet I suspect.

[LeeB]

Smoke has started with Dougy. I’m expecting his clause to be activated in January or the summer. I’m guessing here, but I have a feeling it’ll be a very reasonably priced option for a few clubs. Fair play to him for signing a deal and at least allowing us to get a fee.

I reckon it will only kick in after the end of the season

[ChicagoLion]

It was more along the lines of, sorry we didn’t let you go Doug. If you sign a new deal we’ll let you go for a fee of ??.
His agent would have driven the clause as low as possible and we will get a fee to cover our costs, whatever was agreed.
This is why he will leave soon enough, but hey, it works for us I guess.

That's some conspiracy theory.  He's starting to look like the player we thought and hoped he would become so naturally the conclusion is he want's off? Maybe it's just that he signed because we gave him more money.

It’s just common sense not conspiratorial

We don't know anything about his current contract.

Is the right answer.

[eamonn]

Weren't you adamant that there was no release-clause in Grealish's contract?