Bindon to be sold

[72 bus]

That sounds an incredibly implausible amount given our situation.

Just missing an extra yard/ few inches from being clearly a top player. And he may prove to not need thatto get there.

6 ft 3 in, looks shorter on the TV though.

[blythspartan]

Yeah it's a good point, I think there's heaps more examples... weren't Abrefa and Anderson also thought to be ooc in preseason and got options extended, I think.

I would expect it to be a routine clause in youth player contracts when they're on edge of the first team.

Minimises risk of losing someone you want, especially cheap, but limits your exposure to being stuck for four years with once promising, now lame duck players.

Which i felt was an issue with some of our youth not too long ago.

Saying that, £9m is still clearly misleading. Anything like that would be bound to include most of it only being paid after x PL appearances or starts.

Oh it won't be 9m up front but it all depends on if the add ons are "easy" or "hard" as to how good the deal really is.

So it might be say 4m up front, 1m once he makes his debut, another 1m if he plays in the CL, 1m once he makes 20 apps etc, etc...

Personally, I doubt it would be more than £2m upfront. Probably less.

I'd stage it say something like:

£1.5m
£1m on debut
£4m on 10 PL starts
£2.5m on CL start

Yep, that sounds about right. I wonder if we’ll add on a sell on clause.

[Linden Jones' Tash]

Oh it won't be 9m up front but it all depends on if the add ons are "easy" or "hard" as to how good the deal really is.

So it might be say 4m up front, 1m once he makes his debut, another 1m if he plays in the CL, 1m once he makes 20 apps etc, etc...

Personally, I doubt it would be more than £2m upfront. Probably less.

I'd stage it say something like:

£1.5m
£1m on debut
£4m on 10 PL starts
£2.5m on CL start

Yep, that sounds about right. I wonder if we’ll add on a sell on clause.

I'm guessing it's:

£750k upfront
£8.25M when
Arsenal win the Champions League AND
New Zealand win the FIFA World Cup
AND
Bindon wins the Ballon D'Or

All in the same season...

[windermereROYAL]

Apparently Blackburn are leading the race to sign him now.

[Sutekh]

Apparently Blackburn are leading the race to sign him now.

So is this vaunted £9m a release clause or just made up bollox by some sad journo? And I’m sure he can do better than Blackburn esp he’s much better than Holmes who got to the PL with his move.

[Clyde1998]

Apparently Blackburn are leading the race to sign him now.

The story seems to come from Alan Nixon who has an independent Patreon blog and used to write for The Sun. There's a suggestion he mostly relies on agent who wants the profile of their players elevated.

Wouldn't read too much into what he says.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Apparently Blackburn are leading the race to sign him now.

Pretty unlikely given Blackburn's finances