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£40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 13:04 - Feb 13 by MattinLondon
That’s a good point but that’s assuming Delap wants to go back to them and that they’ll be in next seasons Europa League. If other clubs come in for him then they might be more of an attractive proposition.
My understanding is he would have already agreed to his return terms, so would be in breach of contract should City trigger the clause and he refused to go.* Appreciate others have raised a "modern slavery" point in relation to this on previous threads, but it's little different to him trying rip up his lengthy contract with us because he no longer wants to be bound by it. Player power is stronger than ever but he can't opt to join Chelsea for free in the summer.
*Likely wouldn't be the first time that such a situation were thrashed out in mediation or the courts though.
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£40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 13:28 - Feb 13 with 1587 views
£40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 13:28 - Feb 13 by WolfieAtTheBack
Maybe we sell him back to City for 40m, then loan him back, then buy him again, then sell him back to City then....
It's all utter madness.
If he does manage to fire us to safety, then goes for £40m then the extra £5-10m will be pretty insignificant compared to what we receive for staying in the PL.
£40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 13:28 - Feb 13 by WolfieAtTheBack
Maybe we sell him back to City for 40m, then loan him back, then buy him again, then sell him back to City then....
It's all utter madness.
That scenario is madness yet it isn't mad for a young player to make huge progress at a new club, such that they'd be an asset again for the old one. Salah and De Bruyne jump to mind straight away as players whom original clubs would have loved to hold (extended) buy-back clauses for.
They'll likely become ever more common as parent clubs find it increasingly hard to hoard players due to PSR compliance. Preferably you'd outlaw them altogether, which would help to bring a tiny bit more fairness into the PSR framework, which as it currently stands overwhelmingly favours the biggest clubs.
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£40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 13:51 - Feb 13 with 1459 views
£40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 13:31 - Feb 13 by hype313
If he does manage to fire us to safety, then goes for £40m then the extra £5-10m will be pretty insignificant compared to what we receive for staying in the PL.
Heck of a lot of hindsight in this thread. A buy back for double the sale price is not bad business by any stretch, and none of you would've balked at it at the time, given his profile and the need for a striker.
£40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 13:58 - Feb 13 by unbelievablue
Heck of a lot of hindsight in this thread. A buy back for double the sale price is not bad business by any stretch, and none of you would've balked at it at the time, given his profile and the need for a striker.
who knows what the truth is, we've had more "itk" revelations about clauses on here than liam has goals...
however, we've done very well to get a player of his quality in at a very reasonable price. if it turns out that we "only" make a 20m+ profit in a year, then i'm still more than glad we made the purchase!
£40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 13:58 - Feb 13 by unbelievablue
Heck of a lot of hindsight in this thread. A buy back for double the sale price is not bad business by any stretch, and none of you would've balked at it at the time, given his profile and the need for a striker.
... and ultimately the buy back clause is always going to be of benefit to the original selling club.
£40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 14:19 - Feb 13 by SmithersJones
The sell on percentage will be based on profit rather than sale price, so a £50m sale nets us £43m if we paid £15m, but your point is still right.
I don't believe that's correct as it happens - previous research has led me to understand it's normally the fee, rather than the profit, but I don't work in the industry.
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£40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 14:26 - Feb 13 with 1173 views
£40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 14:25 - Feb 13 by Smoresy
I don't believe that's correct as it happens - previous research has led me to understand it's normally the fee, rather than the profit, but I don't work in the industry.
My research in to your previous research has led me to understand that you are not a very good researcher.
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£40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 14:38 - Feb 13 with 1054 views
£40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 14:26 - Feb 13 by vapour_trail
That was reported to be the case when Villa brought Philogene back from Hull.
As Bloots mentions, and a matching clause differs in that the future sum is undetermined at the original point of sale, hence a percentage figure, and the new owner has control over whether to sell or accept the offer. A buy-back clause conversely is an imposition on the new owner: "we've taken him back now, money's on the doormat'.
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£40m straight buy back for Delap…. on 14:39 - Feb 13 with 1039 views
He’ll play cup games…. on 13:17 - Feb 13 by Bloots
….till January then they’ll flog him at a profit.
Or, as others have said, just loan him with an obligation.
Simple.
You can't buy a player and loan him out to another PL club in the same window, so unless he was going abroad then it wouldn't work.
Villa 'bought back' Archer from Sheff U last summer and sold him to Southampton but are under a FIFA investigation into that so that loophole may well be closed now
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