just been told by a very informed source

Muller off to Spurs in January.

straight swap for Heurelho 'The Octopus' Gomes

 

No way will Gomes come here

 

Why would we want to take clown Gomez in exchange when we already have another excellent 'keeper? I wouldn't be surprised if Muller goes in January, but would have thought it would be for cash so we could strengthen in other areas.

 

Will give Steele another chance to earn a new contract if Muller does go!

 

You need new sources lol. If rumours are to be believed, Muller is going to be pretty busy signing for Villa, Spurs and Portsmouth

 

would that be a red source or a brown source???

 

lol, I doubt that will happen.
Hopefully not anyway, because Gomes is ***** worst keeper in the premiership imo.

 

So just for the record they rate Muller at £10m because thats how much they paid for Gomes......
His value just keeps going up, last week Pompey wre willing to paid £3m+ for him.
Yes he's an excellent keeper and yes he will probably go to the Prem in January but with our track record on getting big money for players we will probably get £1.5m-£2m for him.

 

yep, totally agree. Steele is better than Gomes.
How on earth he's still in the prem is beyond belief.

 

A fee mentioned in a release clause

Simply allows a club to hold talks with a player. It does not mean that is the figure Barnsley must accept as the transfer fee. This came to light in the summer when Blackpool triggered the release clause in Martin Devaney's contract (£200 000 was the figure I think was quoted). Simon Davey said we had turned down the offer, because it did not meet Barnsley's valuation of Devaney.

 

hmmmm

How did that work with the McIndoe transfer?

I have no idea what kind of clause Devaney had in his contract, but it clearly wasn't a release clause. Whatever it was, it wasn't worth the paper it was written on if what Davey told us is correct.

 

similar swap+cash deal mentioned for paddy kenny on the blunts boards.

 

I'm only going on what

Simon Davey said at the time last summer. If Blackpool offered the fee stipulated in the contract, then it most certainly is a release clause as it allowed Devaney the opportunity to talk to Blackpool when, under normal circumstances that would not have been the case.
In regards to the McIndoe situation, it's not beyond the realms of possibilty than Barnsley Football Club have learnt lessons from it and acted accordingly when negotiating with other players.
Another aspect in regards to this was Davey stating that most contracts these days have such clauses inserted in them. He clearly stated that, irrespective of the figure in a contract, Barnsley would dictate the asking price.

 

Paddy is on over 20k a week so we have no chance and he only wanted an extra 4k!

 

RE: I'm only going on what

A release clause doesn't just allow you to talk to the team making the offer, it allows you to be released for that fee. That's why it's called a release clause. If Devaney was not allowed to be released for that fee then it was definitely not a release clause.

 

what did we actually pay for Muller in the first place nt

 

Gomez coming to Barnsley?keep drinking the sherry boys.

 

That contradicts what Simon Davey said this summer

I've been searching the official site to confirm what I've been claiming, but to no avail. You may well be right in what you say. Then again, you may well be wrong.

 

RE: That contradicts what Simon Davey said this summer

I'm not suggesting that Devaney didn't have some sort of clause in his contract, but if it didn't allow him to be released for that figure then it cannot be called a release clause. A release clause by its very definition allows you to be released. Devaney obviously had some sort of talk to other clubs clause.