Blues forward Omari Hutchinson’s £35 million relegation release clause is reportedly set to expire today.

Yesterday, Premier League Brentford were said to see Hutchinson as a potential replacement for Bryan Mbeumo should the Cameroon international move to Manchester United.

According to The Athletic, the Bees made an approach for Hutchinson yesterday but with a deal looking unlikely as it stands and the Town attacker one of a handful of players they see as possible alternatives to Mbeumo.

The West Londoners’ valuation is said to have fallen well short of the £35 million relegation release clause which is reportedly set to expire today.

Hutchinson, who has four years remaining on his Town contract, is currently away on holiday having been given additional time off following the England U21s’ successful European Championship campaign.

The former Chelsea man’s displays at the tournament did his reputation no harm with the Bees, Everton, West Ham, Fulham, Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig among those linked during the competition, although with sources on Merseyside subsequently playing down the Toffees’ interest.

Town will want to keep hold of Hutchinson, who signed on a permanent basis from Chelsea last summer for a club record initial £20 million plus a further £2.5 million in top-ups.

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tractorfromongar added 10:24 - Jul 15 Don't sell the silverware. He was one of our players who could eat Championship defenders for dinner
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JPR77 added 10:26 - Jul 15 No chance Omari was on £6K PW. George Hurst was on £17K when we signed him from Leicester and we were in the Championship, so I'd be gobsmacked if the figure was below £20K PW.
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braintree_blue added 10:38 - Jul 15 O0000000, It's like a mini deadline day Might go and put my yellow tie on
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Sir_Monte_Carlo added 10:39 - Jul 15 www.capology.com is one of the player salaries sites that has him at £6k per week,. But even the site marks it as unconfirmed, so I have my doubts
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ArnieM added 10:52 - Jul 15 How does a relegation contract clause expire? Sorry dont understand this. In smy case Town will demand that £35m as a fee if any club still wants Omari and since he's on a 4yr contract id say he's pretty much lijrky to stay now.
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churchmans added 11:29 - Jul 15 It means we the club can sell him for what we want! Which is great news! At the end of the day we want him here! W will go up with him and he will be a £100mill player for sure in the future he is that good imo! He will get better and better! Love watching him play and develop!
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Carberry added 11:49 - Jul 15 Of course all this speculation is in the context of £100+M from player sales for the new ownership. He has to go doesn't he?
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Town1Inter0 added 11:53 - Jul 15 People one here who think that Brentford will go down next season. Tell me which of the 3 promoted teams will stay up then? Which of them will be significantly better than Town and Leicester were last season? Ie: Winning around 11 or 12 games?
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WestSussexBlue added 16:55 - Jul 15 There are some very big clubs in that list of potential interested parties. Whether there they are the right club’s for Omari at this stage of his development, as well as working with one of the very best young coaches in the game is another question.
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