But that's modern football

if players WANT to leave you are pretty kuch stuffed anyway. It isn't like 50 years ago when they were like slaves with a minimum wage and little say in where or when they left.

Now if a player wants to leave you pretty much have to let them. So it is just a question of how much you get for them. In this case the clause ensured we got a big profit (until yesterday I have pretty much never heard a soul on here suggest he was worth even than this amount, let alone more), and it is hard to see how we could have done much better.

Posted By: mr carra on July 17th 2007 at 08:41:22

Message Thread

Who in the Worthington camp seriously believed... (NCFC) - Chelmsford Yella, Jul 17, 08:27:32
- why would we have possibly objected to a £1.5m release clause... (NCFC) - mr carra, Jul 17, 08:32:12
  - Quite simple really... (NCFC) - Chelmsford Yella, Jul 17, 08:47:53
    - But... (NCFC) - mr carra, Jul 17, 08:54:35
    - Hindsight is a wonderful thing. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arganth, Jul 17, 08:49:41
      - yes, I have heard that old chestnut a lot recently (NCFC) - phrankin, Jul 17, 09:39:39
  - because he was meant to be a key member of the squad (NCFC) - Dave in France, Jul 17, 08:35:14
    - But that's modern football (NCFC) - mr carra, Jul 17, 08:41:22
      - yes but they were willing to pay £1.5m for him (NCFC) - megson, Jul 17, 08:54:00
        
        and that's porecisely the position players are desperate to avoid (NCFC) - mr carra, Jul 17, 08:58:10
        
        I do see your point (NCFC) - megson, Jul 17, 09:04:55
        
        But we needed a midfielder in at the club... (NCFC) - Declan, Jul 17, 09:10:25
        
        hard to tell (NCFC) - mr carra, Jul 17, 09:09:59
      - Perhaps, and this is a bit radical but stick with it (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 17, 08:43:51
        
        sadly I doubt it (NCFC) - mr carra, Jul 17, 08:50:19
    - But if it was in his contract, there's sod-all we could do about it (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, Jul 17, 08:39:02
      - yeah (NCFC) - Dave in France, Jul 17, 08:42:29
        
        It will be fascinating to see how he goes next season (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, Jul 17, 08:48:21
        
        It's usually agents that negotiate clauses like that. (NCFC) - Arganth, Jul 17, 08:47:14
        
        Fine. Leave him to rot on the Preston bench. (NCFC) - Chelmsford Yella, Jul 17, 08:50:45
        
        Dream on (NCFC) - mr carra, Jul 17, 09:00:34
        
        good point (NCFC) - Dave in France, Jul 17, 08:49:12
    - spot on. (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Jul 17, 08:35:53
- yep, he wasn't exactly setting the world on fire at Preston.. (NCFC) - DemoniCanary, Jul 17, 08:31:32
- ridiculous.... (NCFC) - Sperminator, Jul 17, 08:31:16
  - What a load of shit. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arganth, Jul 17, 08:38:09
    - true we probably just offered it straight away never mind the 200k. (n/m) (NCFC) - Sperminator, Jul 17, 08:45:30
- Who on this board seriously believed last season that we would even get our money back for (NCFC) - Kings Lynn Canary, Jul 17, 08:29:50
  - ITs not the money and its not really the player (NCFC) - megson, Jul 17, 08:35:21
    - but that wasn't the case when we bought him (NCFC) - mr carra, Jul 17, 08:46:24
      - probably not be we are just fans. (NCFC) - megson, Jul 17, 08:56:09
        
        comes down to negotiation though (NCFC) - mr carra, Jul 17, 09:03:14
        
        *but (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Jul 17, 08:56:25
  - with the right management, he could be a good premiership midfielder (NCFC) - Dave in France, Jul 17, 08:33:41

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