Hansi Fick
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The Upamecano transfer thread was closed at a point when there was discussion about his release clause and how it was supposedly low.
So I thought I would post the answer in a new thread, to discuss the construct Leipzig used in Upamecano's contract, and the use of release clauses generally, and whether it has merits (excluding Spain where they are legally mandated).
And instead of him nearing the end of his contract and clubs getting negotiating leverage through that, he panned a new one with a lower, fixed transfer fee for 2021, a sum they can count on and account with.
So then 42,5m would actually be kind of the market value of him having just one year left, codified as a release clause.
I wrote "supposed to leave" in the above paragraph as the whole thing hinges on a club like Leipzig knowing that they are by default a transit station for any players with top ambition and quality, and release clause are used to control and regulate this position as a transit station.
So I thought I would post the answer in a new thread, to discuss the construct Leipzig used in Upamecano's contract, and the use of release clauses generally, and whether it has merits (excluding Spain where they are legally mandated).
I can't be sure but I think the arrangement Leipzig and Upamecano made was similar to Werner's. Upamecano was 'supposed' to have left already last summer for a higher release fee, but it didn't pan out.For most smaller clubs like Dortmund and the likes, those release clauses literally are their business imo. Only thing really worrying and wrong about it is if the release clause simply is too low. 42 m € for someone like Upamecano is not market value. Those clauses should be at least as high as the player's market value, though. If the clause is high enough, it doesn't matter at all, since bigger clubs like Real, Barca, Bayern and EPL clubs can throw around with insane amounts of money and the likes of Dortmund will almost never be able to hold onto them anyways. Especially Dortmund showed in the last decade that no matter if there's a clause or not, their top players can leave and will force a move, if necessary. As I said before, the real pity is if the clause is too low.
And instead of him nearing the end of his contract and clubs getting negotiating leverage through that, he panned a new one with a lower, fixed transfer fee for 2021, a sum they can count on and account with.
So then 42,5m would actually be kind of the market value of him having just one year left, codified as a release clause.
I wrote "supposed to leave" in the above paragraph as the whole thing hinges on a club like Leipzig knowing that they are by default a transit station for any players with top ambition and quality, and release clause are used to control and regulate this position as a transit station.
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