Has Lenihan signed yet?

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sparkins

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I should probably know the answer to this. It has been talked of as a done deal but I haven't seen anything definitive to say it is finalised.
 
His contract isn't up until 30th June, he can't sign before then or we would have to pay a fee.

Hopefully he's signed a pre-agreement so he can put pen on our deal on the 1st July.
 
Andy_W said:
His contract isn't up until 30th June, he can't sign before then or we would have to pay a fee.

Hopefully he's signed a pre-agreement so he can put pen on our deal on the 1st July.
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Liam Roberts' contract won't be up until the 30th of June either.

That's nothing to do with it.

Clubs regularly announce free transfers before their contracts are officially up.

We did it with Lumley last season too.

Lenihan will just be on holiday, because he finished his season later than most players as he was away with Ireland.
 
TeaCider said:
Liam Roberts' contract won't be up until the 30th of June either.

That's nothing to do with it.

Clubs regularly announce free transfers before their contracts are officially up.

We did it with Lumley last season too.

Lenihan will just be on holiday, because he finished his season later than most players as he was away with Ireland.
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You don't know it's nothing to do with it.

You can only sign a pre contract to move abroad within 6 months of your contract ending, or domestically within 1 month I think, but that contract would still only largely become active on the day after the original contract ended. Player contracts seem to be fixed to 1st July - 30th of June, for those who move at end of deals.

I don't think a pre-contract is "watertight" as in he could still sign another deal with Blackburn, or elsewhere, I suppose it's more like a letter of intent. There's probably other things/ clauses which may apply if players move through bosman/ pre contract etc, but come 1st July he's a free agent, and Blackburn said he would leave as a free agent and he'd already made his decision and informed the club he's going to (which I assume is us).

I suppose it depends on how well the clubs "get on" too, each club is different, they might not want us to announce it, until his contract is up.

Clubs and players can agree to terminate the contract early (if all parties agree), so they can start a new contract, some do, some don't. That contract might run from like 15 Jun 22 to 30 Jun 23 or whatever.

He has been away mind, maybe Blackburn didn't want to release early in case he got injured, so they could claim insurance, or they could maybe hold onto him if we pulled the plug on the deal, or if they got a cash injection form somewhere so could offer more cash. Maybe we didn't want the contract running whilst he was still away etc.

People can still sign contracts abroad, they don't need to be in England to do it, can probably even do it by docusign now. Most of the time you see players "signing" in front of the press, the deal has already been signed, it's largely for show etc.

It's rumoured Mbappe signed a pre contract with Real Madrid, and then pulled the plug on it when PSG offered more, anything can happen.

A pre-contract, an actual contract or nothing may have been signed, it may just be an agreement over the phone that he'll come up and sort it out when he's back, but things kick into gear fast come 1st July.
 
Andy_W said:
You don't know it's nothing to do with it.

You can only sign a pre contract to move abroad within 6 months of your contract ending, or domestically within 1 month I think, but that contract would still only largely become active on the day after the original contract ended. Player contracts seem to be fixed to 1st July - 30th of June, for those who move at end of deals.

I don't think a pre-contract is "watertight" as in he could still sign another deal with Blackburn, or elsewhere, I suppose it's more like a letter of intent. There's probably other things/ clauses which may apply if players move through bosman/ pre contract etc, but come 1st July he's a free agent, and Blackburn said he would leave as a free agent and he'd already made his decision and informed the club he's going to (which I assume is us).

I suppose it depends on how well the clubs "get on" too, each club is different, they might not want us to announce it, until his contract is up.

Clubs and players can agree to terminate the contract early (if all parties agree), so they can start a new contract, some do, some don't. That contract might run from like 15 Jun 22 to 30 Jun 23 or whatever.

He has been away mind, maybe Blackburn didn't want to release early in case he got injured, so they could claim insurance, or they could maybe hold onto him if we pulled the plug on the deal, or if they got a cash injection form somewhere so could offer more cash. Maybe we didn't want the contract running whilst he was still away etc.

People can still sign contracts abroad, they don't need to be in England to do it, can probably even do it by docusign now. Most of the time you see players "signing" in front of the press, the deal has already been signed, it's largely for show etc.

It's rumoured Mbappe signed a pre contract with Real Madrid, and then pulled the plug on it when PSG offered more, anything can happen.
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Yeah, and they'll be waiting for him to actually be at Rockliffe to announce him, because he's away.

If he hadn't went away with Ireland, I'm sure we'd already have announced him.
 
TeaCider said:
Yeah, and they'll be waiting for him to actually be at Rockliffe to announce him, because he's away.

If he hadn't went away with Ireland, I'm sure we'd already have announced him.
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Yeah, I hope so.

Blackburn seem resigned to him going (or he's already gone), and they seemingly know where he's going to.

Hopefully it's "in the bag" and they're just delaying it for the publicity stunt, but that doesn't help us impatient lot, who always think the worst :LOL:

We should just let the poor lad enjoy his time off, they're not getting much of it this year.

He's still down as a Rovers player on twitter, so either still under contract or they've agreed to not switch that yet, so as to not ruin "the surprise" for those who don't follow in detail.
 
It’s nothing to do with his contract. It’s purely just because they will want to do an interview and photo opp with the signing. He’s gonna be a big player for us so it’s only right. Wonder when he’s due back.
 
Andy_W said:
Yeah, I hope so.

Blackburn seem resigned to him going (or he's already gone), and they seemingly know where he's going to.

Hopefully it's "in the bag" and they're just delaying it for the publicity stunt, but that doesn't help us impatient lot, who always think the worst :LOL:

We should just let the poor lad enjoy his time off, they're not getting much of it this year.

He's still down as a Rovers player on twitter, so either still under contract or they've agreed to not switch that yet, so as to not ruin "the surprise" for those who don't follow in detail.
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I'm certain it will be in the bag.

It's rare the likes of Sky will announce not just who the player is signing for, but also the length of the contract, without there being anything in it.

We were told weeks ago that he was joining on a 4 year deal, so they'll have seen the paperwork somewhere or been told by one of the involved parties.
 
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