I'm always quite interested in this

taking it away from our own sweet environment, everyone seems to assume that Rafa won't leave Liverpool because they'll need to pay off five years. But surely there's multiple elements in this. So you have a contract for five yeras, at the end of which the situation is reviewed. But if you breach the terms of that contract, eg by being rubbish, then there is a different settlement amount. Doesn't the length of contract relate to length of tenure not necessarily settlement fee? I don't know this, but I'm sure that there's more flexibility than the end-date of the contract.

So when we have a 'by mutual consent' it's presumably some sum that's an acceptable midway between what they'd get if they sat on their arses until retirement (I offer you Jamie Cureton) and the value to them of being free to earn cash elsewhere.

Posted By: camcan on February 1st 2010 at 13:41:53

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Cutting Our Cloth (NCFC) - jayson blair, Feb 1, 13:31:10
- What was the last Norwich game you saw live jb? (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 1, 14:31:53
  - why? (n/m) (NCFC) - jayson blair, Feb 1, 14:37:17
    - why not? (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 1, 14:39:44
      - OK then. (NCFC) - jayson blair, Feb 1, 14:44:53
        
        That's a long time ago (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 1, 14:49:18
    - Mine was a friendly against FC Zwolle two yare agew. When was yours ? (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 14:39:03
  - A while for me, but one thing I'll easilly remember, from seeing the football league (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 14:33:21
    - Not as bad as those African goalies though (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 1, 14:36:03
    - So you were jb all along ? (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 14:35:55
      - Nah, I like jb though, he points out the regrettable things that many wish to forget (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 14:58:35
        
        I LOVE YOU PANTS (n/m) (NCFC) - jayson blair, Feb 1, 15:11:01
        
        you're his human shield (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 1, 15:13:20
- Touching Our Cloth (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 13:35:10
  - I take it Gill's still haven't worked out how to pay his wages yet (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Feb 1, 14:14:00
- note though that when you cancel a contract, you have to pay them off (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 1, 13:33:52
  - not all were cancelled (NCFC) - jayson blair, Feb 1, 13:40:05
  - I'd imagine it is less than the full amount. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 13:36:16
    - But not by much (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 1, 13:37:56
      - I'm always quite interested in this (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 1, 13:41:53
        
        Is the right answer (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Feb 1, 13:48:30
        
        With Benitez it would surely depend on if there are (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 1, 13:44:38
        
        that's what I mean (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 1, 13:47:33
      - I would estimates somewhere between 50 and 66 percent for a young player. I mean, (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 13:39:10
      - depends on how keen Whaley is on actually having a career where he gets to play football (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 1, 13:39:04
        
        That's my fear over Cureton (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 1, 13:43:20
        
        but he *loves* norwich (NCFC) - jayson blair, Feb 1, 14:03:32
        
        True, although there was all sorts of excitement on here when it happened (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 1, 14:04:54
        
        From what I remember some seriously BAD management (NCFC) - BigDoh, Feb 1, 14:11:37
        
        nor me (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Feb 1, 14:06:23
        
        Someone needs to dig up the page from that day. (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 1, 14:06:45
        
        after sleeping on it for a couple of days (NCFC) - jayson blair, Feb 1, 14:27:51
        
        Poor old Granty (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 1, 14:10:38
        
        interesting comments from JC... (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Feb 1, 14:09:27
        
        Three year deal hare gew: (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 14:09:26
        
        And hare is the Wrath (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 14:10:33
        
        I wonder where I was that day... (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 1, 14:25:51
        
        I know where I was. Ribs of Beef (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 14:34:37
        
        I was in an open plan office that year!! (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Feb 1, 14:32:23
        
        some interesting things in there (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 1, 14:19:07
        
        oh and one of my dumbest posts ever (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 1, 14:19:48
        
        oh and the anti-Howard thing (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 1, 14:21:29
        
        ............. (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 1, 14:14:56
        
        Strangely, I have just had a quick gander through the reactions, and (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 14:17:25
        
        did you notice Brandonio's? (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 1, 14:18:53
        
        Yeah but that's Brandonio (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 14:20:44
        
        haha did you actually read it? Well Cureton did alright for us in his first season (NCFC) - Brandonio, Feb 1, 15:41:37
        
        Big up to camcan from Clare second post down! (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Feb 1, 14:12:42
        
        how long has he got left on his contract? (n/m) (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Feb 1, 14:04:42
        
        finishes this summer (NCFC) - jayson blair, Feb 1, 14:28:50
        
        that's my reckoning too (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 1, 13:47:26
        
        It worked for Winston Bogarde (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 14:01:57

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