Skywarden
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Given that the press are still speculating, I'll throw in another piece of speculation.
In Spain, where release clauses are standard, when a club treats a bid as hostile it'll insist the player asks for the transfer and waives his slice of the fee. Of course, the buyer can always give the player a signing bonus in compensation. Naturally I'm speculating from a position of "no idea what his contract says or means" strength, just like the Mail etc...
Personally I've not seen Jones play very much, so the great thing about all this for me is that I'm now really pleased that we're buying him, whereas I'd have probably been a bit indifferent before.
Aye. Here's a good read on the matter:
Atletico's claims about bids for Sergio Aguero don't ring true - Sid Lowe - SI.com
Scouser fans have this wierd tendency to think that people they like are gods whose every move is pure genius.
I'm trying to think of a relative way of viewing it i.e viewing it through their eyes. But, nay, my brain gets full of feck and I just can't think of a way to challenge the contract and its BO clause when there has been an activation of the clause by not one, but multiple clubs.
Edit: removed a tweet.