Ehab - an expert at analysing training sessions. It's a ****ing shame he didn't use his power of analysing the training sessions in July and August and think - holy ****, we don't have enough players
For every other ****ing stupid decision ever made by him and Pappa, you have to hold your hand up and say the relegation clauses into every contract is brilliant business. And don't say it's obvious and every club of our ilk has them, cos they don't.
Yep. Sure I read Sunderland wage bill is 70% of income. If they don't have clauses they're in big trouble.
Sunderland have had relegation clauses since 2009 - let's not give the Allams credit for something that's been around for years
I didn't say they invented it. And does every single one of their players have it? I really can't imagine Defoe would sign a deal that cuts his wages in half. And even if they did, he'd still earn more than any of our players earned this season. Lucky for them that he'll be off.
Problem is, for every good thing like this, there's a daft one. Many of our best players are in their final year and will leave on the cheap as a consequence, we seem to be terrible at agreeing nee deals. Swings and roundabouts.
Defoe's effectively gone already, his contact allowed him to walk away as soon as they were relegated.
Well yeah, they probably won't sign new deals cos they know they can go to another club and not have a relegation clause...
Yeah I know, that's a clause in his favour. I doubt he'd have signed a contract with a 50% cut in the club's favour.
That's the way they do it though, I'm easy about it. The liabilities for a club our size is too great a risk, if we handed out four of five year deals. Risk of injury etc. and would a three year deal treble a transfer price for Harry? I doubt it.
He'd be stupid if he wouldn't. Another year playing for Sunderland and the right to walk away if they were relegated. What did he have to lose? Nothing.
Yeah i know. The point I'm making is if he was offered a contract without the clause in his favour and a wage cut In the club's favour then he wouldn't have signed it.
