| Option to buy or Obligation? 12:07 - Aug 24 with 848 views | burnbudgiesburn |
Is the Williams deal essentially us buying him now but with a bit of trickery thrown in?
Look at it from Man Uniteds perspective, they don't want to take up the year option and put themselves on the hook for his wages i'd assume. Therefore they know they must sell before his contract expires. In this case a loan with an option to buy would make no sense as he is a free agent at the end of the loan.
They and we know we cannot afford his rumoured wages in full and the player would not give up a year on what he is on.
Have we essentially bought him and structured the deal so we are loaned him and pay 10-20% of his wage and have an obligation that we must buy him for a pre-agreed amount and all parties (2 clubs & player) will have signed off on this? |  | | |  |
| Option to buy or Obligation? on 12:54 - Aug 24 with 729 views | jayessess |
Been reported as an option to buy rather than an obligation.
To be honest, I'm never really sure what the value of these "option to buy" clauses are to the selling club. There's three scenarios post-loan
(a) The loanee isn't worth the fee (no transfer happens)
(b) The loanee is worth the fee (a transfer happens, at roughly the loanee's market value)
(c) The loanee is worth more than the fee (transfer happens, you make less than the market value)
In none of them does the selling club benefit from the option. |  |
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| Option to buy or Obligation? on 13:04 - Aug 24 with 666 views | burnbudgiesburn |
I've seen it reported as both, tho EADT going with 'option' | | | |
| Option to buy or Obligation? on 13:08 - Aug 24 with 622 views | Freddies_Ears |
Smart move by Town. If we get promoted this season, we have secured a young Prem talent at a then-affordable fee. Meantime, we have a talented young player who the manager rates, and without risking FFP issues this season. | | | |
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