SilentProf
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I’ve been one of his biggest supporters but talk of him being an England international within 12 months is a bit much I think, simply due to the competition for places in the positions he plays.
Can I be the first to bring some samba flair to the conversation and call him GilbertoIn Gilbert we trust
We have Gilberto and the BaldiniCan I be the first to bring some samba flair to the conversation and call him Gilberto
The Italian Baldini can be stretched into Brazilian too - BaldinihoWe have Gilberto and the Baldini
I’ve now got TLF style chants in my headThe Italian Baldini can be stretched into Brazilian too - Baldiniho
We get a cheeky little bonus for that?From Championship to Champions League in 4 months!
Fair play to the lad and well done Villa on a cracking season.
Hope so.. you’d think CL qualification would be a fairly standard trigger in a contractWe get a cheeky little bonus for that?
Hope so.. you’d think CL qualification would be a fairly standard trigger in a contract
I don't honestly think it will be.
I'd expect the clauses to be on personal milestones such as appearances and goals.
Those probably seemed safer options than us betting on Villa to qualify for the CL when we negotiated the transfer: they weren't in the top 4 when Rogers signed, and Villa hadn't finished in the top 4 since 1996.
Now Villa have finished in the top 4, it looks an obvious call, but it would be nice to be able to bet on races after they'd finished, wouldn't it?
If it was just up to us, there wouldn't have been any clauses.
It would all be up front.
Villa will 100% have had a say in what the clauses were.
The deal was agreed when Villa were 4th too.
Clauses are agreed, not imposed by one side.
We'd push for clauses we think are most likely to pay out, they'll push for clauses they think are less likely to pay out. If villa dictated the clauses, they surely choose winning the CL, not merely qualifying for it.
As for which exact day the deal was actually agreed on, I'd argue there was a lower than 50% chance of villa finishing in the top 4. Surely a far better chance of him making 50 appearances, for example.