who says Muller will go for a Million...just think it thru' you lot...its fairly simple

ok there is a release clause in his contract, a club offers a million he can go... but I am led to beleive there are a NUMBER of clubs sniffing for him, so surely that will mean the highest bid will get him. So it then stands to reason that we will get at least a million and perhaps a lot more.

 

or is there a First come..first served clause too????

just wondered like

 

Could all bid a million though and the one who offers him the most money/first team chance gets him!

 

I don't see it that way

It means if 4 clubs want him then they all bid £1m - that allows Muller to speak to those clubs, he then gets the best deal he can, the extra money goes to the player

 

Surely if there is a 1 million release clause, all the clubs who offer 1 million will have to be allowed to talk to him therefore no club will offer more than 1 million as they know that they will be allowed to talk to him with that offer. Bit like Mcindoe.

 

aye I can see that we must hope Mr Muller has some honor about him

and help us get a decent deal...maybe a player too ..after all it was us who took a chance and got him in the nice position he finds himself in...so hopefully he may feel a little inclined to help us get the best deal too.

 

i don't think muller can do anything about the bid other teams make for him.

 

well I would say he can matey....

he couldallus refuse the bid, not likely when an agent gets involved , but you never know

 

A figure is agreed between the two teams and then the player negotiates a contract. I don't think there is a player in the country who would turn down a contract because the figure the two teams had agreed on (that is nothing to do with him) was too low.

Don't forget that it was presumably muller who insisted on £1m in the first place, he isn't likely to then decide that a £1m bid was too low.

hopefully our club will learn to stop putting these clauses into contracts or at least find out how the clauses keep getting leaked (if indeed there is such a clause)

 

How clauses get leaked.....

My guess is the agents.

 

You don't understand release clauses Dragon

Every club who offers the amount specified in a release clause has to have the offer accepted, so it makes no difference whether a team offered £1m or £1.5m, hence they'd offer £1m.

Not that I'm saying there is such a clause in Muller's contract. but we'll see.

 

seems not, ah well nt

 

RE: aye I can see that we must hope Mr Muller has some honor about him

That'll be why he negotiated the leaving clause in his contract then!

 

But could Barnsley...

...agree with Muller that they'd give him a percentage of any extra money from a higher bid (so everyone would benefit) or is that not allowed? Doesn't the player get a percentage of the transfer fee anyway, hence a higher bid would be the more attractive to both club and player?

 

RE: But could Barnsley...

I'm Afraid that would be some form of 'Tapping up'

 

So not out of the question then!

Not that Barnsley would stoop to the usual schenanegans, of course.

It is true that a proportion of the transfer fee can go to the player though, so higher bids would be looked upon as favourable.

 

RE: So not out of the question then!

It is if the player doesn't request a transfer, I'm not sure how that would work though if a minimum clause was in the contract - suspect they wouldn't get one as they can negotiate the extra with the club they would be moving to.

Let's see - 10% of £2m, or sold for £1m and manage to negotiate an extra £500k in signing on fee?!

 

Who's to say

Barnsley Football Club aren't already in contract talks with Muller & his agent to see if they can come up with a much improved contract?

 

Doesn't bear close scrutiny I'm afraid.

Imagine Fulham bid £1,000,000 for him, but Barnsley want to sell to Blackburn who will pay £1.5m. They could offer to split the excess £500,000 from the Blackburn offer 50/50 with him, but as Blackburn need only to offer the club £1,000,000 to force the sale, they can offer 100% of the excess £500,000 to Muller as an added incentive - whatever a club are willing to pay, Barnsley will only get the 'trigger' sum specified in the contract, if you think about it logically.

If the clause IS in his contract then I honestly feel we will be very lucky indeed to hold onto him past the January window, such is the apparent degree of interest. :'(

 

RE: I don't see it that way

Scouts watching him are concerned about his tendency to slap/punch crosses rather than catch them. Just because he is being watched, doesn't mean we will even get an offer necessarily.