numpte wrote:He didn't have to sign an extended contract did he? Perhaps the 200k release (rumoured) was part of the deal to sign for another 2 years.
Would it be entirely responsible and sensible to let his contract run out to let a tribunal set a figure? No
No the point is, the club offered him a contract extension, if Eunan would not sign it with out a £200k release clause, our club could have withdrawn that offer, he would have still been contracted untill now, so if he had asked for a transfer a fee would have applied, out of contract this summer age 22 a fee still would have applied, if the two club 's failed to agee it would have gone to tribunal and likely our club would have ended up with more than £200k, so yes if this is true, very bad buisness on the part of our club.
Well, thats a gamble then isn't it? Would you have preferred Mark Ellis to have signed or not as that is the same situation. I know I'd prefer to have him signed but now there is a risk of losing him for not much.
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I know it's frustrating Dave but at the end of the day these type of clauses (release fees) are surely all put in by the player, or more accurately the players agent, to ensure that the player's best interests are protected. So that clubs who are reluctant sellers cannot demand "silly" fees for any of their players under contract and thereby denying their player a chance to, in most cases, play at higher level for more money.
Ultimately,it was probably EOKs agent who insisted on the release fee clause and they probably set the level. How negotiable that was, we don't know and whether we could have played hard ball as to the size of it is open to question but I guess our agreeing to it was a factor in EOK signing a new, longer deal a few months back, which he might not otherwise have done?
I know where you're coming from Chris, but even a blind man knows that Eunan is worth a lot more than that. Plenty of people inside football laughing at the figure.
numpte wrote:Well, thats a gamble then isn't it? Would you have preferred Mark Ellis to have signed or not as that is the same situation. I know I'd prefer to have him signed but now there is a risk of losing him for not much.
I would prefer both Mark Ellis and Eunan O'Kane to have contracts in place signed and sealed with out cheap sell on clauses of course if that rumour is true, now that is a club protecting it's interest's , as per Swindon Billy Bodin, will hazard a guess right now their will be no sell on clauses for £200k in his contract.
Think the fact that he lingered on the pitch after the final whistle and made sure to take it all in, along with the rumours and the apparent non-comment on the radio, does seem to indicate he's on his way. I do hope it isn't Swindon though, he's better than that.
I thought Lathrope might go Luton too.Reading todays WMN Eunan says it is very likely that he is off.Also says he had a trial at Exeter before us and they turned him down for being too small.Never new that
Not sure if this should go in the 'rumour mill' or not. Got flamed for this last time - guess we'll see.
Mark Ellis' brother was talking to us Thursday evening and he said he and his father had just renewed their season tickets before the game! - not sure if that's a good sign but probably so. Oh, and this came from him directly!
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tauntongull wrote:Not sure if this should go in the 'rumour mill' or not. Got flamed for this last time - guess we'll see.
Mark Ellis' brother was talking to us Thursday evening and he said he and his father had just renewed their season tickets before the game! - not sure if that's a good sign but probably so. Oh, and this came from him directly!
At the lunch with Lingy, Martin was asked about Mark Ellis, he (Martin) said that Ellis had indicated to both him and the board his wish was to stay at Torquay, I have posted this a few times and been ignored, but then again posting a belief that Ellis will stay does not suit the drama queens, and boy we have more than enough of those.
Reading what you have said couple with what I heard Lingy say, suggests to me that Ellis is looking to to stay, but of course untill the ink is dry who knows.
northyorkshiregull wrote:I thought Lathrope might go Luton too.Reading todays WMN Eunan says it is very likely that he is off.Also says he had a trial at Exeter before us and they turned him down for being too small.Never new that
If he did that's typical Buckle behaviour, keeping one eye on what his old club is up to.
Didn't get a chance to read the article in the WMN today but I saw the headline at work, pretty certain he'll be gone now. Like others, I hope it is to a team better than Swindon. Somewhere like Crystal Palace, where he'll be given opportunities.
Always dangerous to leave it up to the tribunal to set the fee. Look at John Bostock's move from Palace to Spurs - Palace were wanting £5m, the tribunal set the fee at £700k.
As for negotiating a fee, we are never going to get the best price because of the contract length. If KaneO had 3 years left we could ask for £1m, but with only a year that drops significantly.
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