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double edged sword unfortunately. we could sign players like wanyama because the premier league is the richest in the world. unfortunately that means that richer premier league clubs are the only likely destinations for our best players.

The Wayne Bridge effect.

They call him the Milik man because he always delivers.

new controversial amercian DOF?

Is Unsworth their fitness coach? He always had a fat arse, but he's on his way to Shipperley territory.

he needs to spend another summer with the nuns. it's double dutch to me.

they missed the bit where it found third wave feminism and decided to ruin the internet via twitter.

I had such high hopes.

Very progressive as well. The first black manager to lead an English club into European competition?

formally apppointed, no less.

sure i'm not sure whether betfair functions as a single entity or even a co-ordinated bookmaker though.

does betfair conform to those rules? it's a service that simply matches punters and offers together isn't it?

Interesting article regarding Garden Leave and football managers http://www.lawinsport.com/articles/item/football-manager-contracts-of-employment-an-analysis-of-key-clauses-for-clubs-to-consider-part-2

depends whether you actually save the wages by taking compensation. many times over the years i've heard that players get their contracts paid up when they are sold. as i mentioned on another forum, the club were not budgeting for £5m compensation. The club were budgeting to spend £3.5m a year without receiving compensation. If we stood to be relieved of RK's wages by selling him then by keeping him on garden leave we are burning £2m for one year against a minimum of three years for the next managerial contract isn't huge and still leaves us with a healthy budget of around £2.8m for the new manager's contract based on the same spending. I haven't budgeted for JK or EK because I've no idea what they are being paid.

remember Ricky taking corners before Fox joined? it's better than letting Lallana take them.

I don't think the intent was to say Barcelona couldn't trigger his contract. the contend was as follows: 1. Barcelona offered him the job 2. RK declined (implying he could have left if he chose) 3. Barcelona did not want RK to bring EK (implied reason for declining) 4. RK has specific escape clauses (implied that barcelona and/or everton could trigger such clauses) Far fetched? probably.

there's a framed KNVB certificate smashed to pieces and smothered in **** at the staplewood car park.

doing the video suggests to me that Koeman was dithering and Reed was attempting to push him over the line.

this is why I suggested harsh penalties on everton, say if they activated the clause, they are fully allowed to, but it would activate further, punitive compensation for koeman's release. activate a release clause? you owe us the same again for koeman.

nah first effort implied that if we included penalties we were obliged somehow. second might have been inelegant, but i think it was technically less incorrect.

i cocked up that sentence completely. we are under no obligation at all, if there are release clauses we should include in the compensation agreement penalties for everton should Everton activate any of them..

we're under no obligation to let koeman go if they won't sign a contract with whatever penalties we choose pertaining to their activating our players' release clauses.

he has options over 25.1% of the shares, presumably at a fixed price. if all goes badly he doesn't have to take up the option. if the investment is still worth it, he takes 75% of the value of his investment. that would still leave a question of why he would invest 25m on behalf of shares he has no interest in. speculation only, but possibly he could have acquired his shares and options at an effective discount of 25m