Traore sell on clause?

Centralscrutinizer said:
That would be Traore and his agent. I'm sure they are happy :whistle:
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ā€œOne guyā€ doesnā€™t put something in a contract of this size and scale. Itā€™s discussed by a team of individuals from both sides, and agreed by all. Ā£18m was the result of that discussion in 2017. Traore probably wanted it to be lower, Boro probably wanted it to be higher. It was probably one of a number of sticking points that could have derailed the whole deal.
 
atypical_boro said:
ā€œOne guyā€ doesnā€™t put something in a contract of this size and scale. Itā€™s discussed by a team of individuals from both sides, and agreed by all. Ā£18m was the result of that discussion in 2017. Traore probably wanted it to be lower, Boro probably wanted it to be higher. It was probably one of a number of sticking points that could have derailed the whole deal.
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Boro probably didn't want it in there at all.
Traore, and all players, want their release clause as low as possible.

We will never know the importance of the Ā£18million clause.
If it was the difference between him staying at Villa and joining us, we were right to agree to it.
 
Frozen Horse said:
Boro probably didn't want it in there at all.
Traore, and all players, want their release clause as low as possible.

We will never know the importance of the Ā£18million clause.
If it was the difference between him staying at Villa and joining us, we were right to agree to it.
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Well quite, Boro would have wanted it to be higher Iā€™ve no doubt or not in there at all. What Iā€™m certain of though is that one bloke (agent, player, whoever) didnā€™t just insert it without anyone knowing or noticing.
 
Never understood why people use this as
A stick to beat the club with, we made a huge profit on him, too many 'experts' have a lot to say on the matter it seems
 
Frozen Horse said:
My understanding too.
We would not have had the option of agreeing such a clause
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I think that's right. But as has been mentioned earlier in the thread, there were reports at the time suggesting the terms of the release clause weren't met (it stated the fee had to be paid up front apparently) and that there was therefore some negotiation. If that's true then it's surely possible that a sell on fee could theoretically have been part of it. I think we'd have heard about it if it was though.

All ifs, buts and maybes and we'll probably never find out the full facts anyway.
 
atypical_boro said:
ā€œOne guyā€ doesnā€™t put something in a contract of this size and scale. Itā€™s discussed by a team of individuals from both sides, and agreed by all. Ā£18m was the result of that discussion in 2017. Traore probably wanted it to be lower, Boro probably wanted it to be higher. It was probably one of a number of sticking points that could have derailed the whole deal.
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Of course it's discussed, it's part of the negotiation, the only party who'd want the clause is the player/agent.
 
Frozen Horse said:
My understanding too.
We would not have had the option of agreeing such a clause
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Might of if we accepted instalments rather than all upfront but I seem to remember the sale dragging on because we were demanding full payment upfront.
 
erimus86 said:
The Gazette were speculating at the time that his buy out clause was Ā£18M upfront but Wolves were paying Ā£21-22M (above the clause) to allow for it to be paid in installments. If this was the case you'd hope that a sell on could have been inserted, but who knows. The paper certainly have not talked about anything like this since, and often get the wrong end of the stick, so it could be a load of b***ks.
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That's a huge premium just to pay in several chunks, especially when MFC would just factor the debt. Sounds like b****cks.
 
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