Bilbao are a **** of a club to get players from... honestly... it could get messy.
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Bilbao are a **** of a club to get players from... honestly... it could get messy.
They have simple policy. Dont negotiate, just pay the buy out clause. They have small pool to pick players from though. Not sure if still it is the case.
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It is indeed still the case. They cannot - or at least they refuse to - purchase any player that does not hold Basque citizenship. I think that this is waived if the player is under the age of 16, as it can be acquired within two or so years in Spain. But they do have a small pool of players to choose from and an even smaller reach for players that would improve them season-on-season.
Herrera is a good buy, yet I still feel we will be missing that defensive player in our arsenal with carrick aging. :/ not sure on this, think we need another midfield signing if we want to compete for the title this season.
Yeh but the process to active the release clause and get the player is still very technical, Athletic won't be helping the matters on their side knowing that his release clause goes up after Monday.
Hopefully the technicality can be sorted and it just goes through.
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United bid of 28.8million rejected by Athletic. Seems it wasn't his release clause after all
Like zzeezzy said, Athletic one of the hardest clubs to buy players from due to the lack of replacements and general resentment of the fans towards players that leave
Like zzeezzy said, Athletic one of the hardest clubs to buy players from due to the lack of replacements and general resentment of the fans towards players that leave
What I genuinely don't get is... why has Herrera travelled over here if there is no set deal in place... very odd and to be honest a monumental **** up from someone if this is the case.
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According to twitter, something popped up late regarding his release clause and the Spanish authorities got involved... Perhaps United believed the release clause was lower than it was?
United had 28.8m rejected, i cant see the clause being anymore than 32m
It was his RC, however club can reject it. Then player has to buy out his contract for the same amount + taxes ( if I'm not mistaken, around 40% is the tax).
It's never simple with them. United did match his release clause, they have rejected it. United even offered 40 million just for deal to go smoother, they didn't want to hear about it. They simply want to send message, if you want our player, you have to play full price, RC + tax. So it will be 36m + tax if United wants Herrera.
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So basically, a release clause is not a release clause now then? Im guessing the same thing happened with Suarez last year when John Henry said the RC was met but he decided to reject it?
I thought Herrera was paying the tax to make it go through? God this is ******* confusing and Athletic Bilbao... true **** of a club. They would rather have less money with tax than more money just for them.
Release clause is a release clause but the selling club can reject it. In that case player should deposit money (release clause) to LFP to buy out his contract. This was posted year back and this applies for foreign clubs I guess.
This explains the tweets I posted here yesterday.
Maybe to avoid taxes MU negotiated with Athletic but they rejected it, so we are going release clause route.
Iñigo Markinez @imarkinez
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In brief three related news Ander Herrera and his signing with Manchester @ ManUtd
News 1: Ander Herrera deposited on Monday LFP document with 36 million euros to disengage from the Athletic
News 2: There are problems. The LFP is studying the document because there seems to be "a technical problem". Are studying.
News 3: If everything can be solved could be presented Friday at Manchester.[/TD]
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Don't know how it works in England, but I suppose Liverpool didn't technically rejected the clause, Suarez rejected Arsenal. But that's pure speculation, because I know nothing about your laws. However, in Spain clubs can reject RC offers. Teams usually offer more so selling club accept it and buying club doesn't have to pay hefty tax, but that's not the case with Bilbao. They don't want to sell their players, no matter how much you offer them. Pay the clause and taxes if you want player. Javi Martinez's RC was around 40m + taxes. So it was more than 50m, taking in euros.
I wouldn't hang your hopes up too much on finding any solid release clause, probably just have to keep firing off bids until they're willing to accept one.
Muhammad Bassa @Bassa_UTD · 11s"The situation depends on the player now. If he wants to leave Bilbao, Herrera can deposit €36m into the LFP and buy his freedom." [Marca]