Keep on talking about him, please..

Why should we have low sell on clauses? I remember Man City having a 50% sell on clause when we bought Gerry Taggart.

 

There is no sell on clause

 

If that's true it would certainly explain why the club might wish to allege that a 'confidentiality clause' was part of the deal.

 

http://www.barnsley-chronicle.co.uk...get-nothing-extra-if-stones-plays-for-england

 

You're right, but then I'm just a daft conspiracy nut, after all how could the club stage manage something so incredible. I mean the club claiming there's a confidentiality clause involved with a transfer 'cos they don't want to have to keep explaining to fans how poorly they've negotiated must rank just behind a faked moon landing in it's audacity, complexity, and scale.

 

I'm sure that, despite the confidentiality agreement, Ben did intimate that there was a sell-on fee, there apparently wasn't any bonus for him playing for England but I can't see why that would have even been a thought at the time he was sold, his progress has been remarkable, no-one can have expected him to come on like he has.

The series of events after he signed must have played massively into his favour though, Moyes leaves and out of all the managers in the world the other man who wanted to sign him ended up being his manager.