We’ve agreed a fee to buy him as part of this deal so we’ve clearly got the intention.
Say in this fantasy world he plays ridiculously well , scores and creates loads . Player of the year and drives us to Europe and he’s in the premier league team of the year . City get a new manager and they say I wanna see him or they decide his performances mean they want to nearly recoup their fee . We have a clause .
If he does well , if he’s crap , if he gets injured then we don’t have to activate the clause .
It surely just allows us to retain control over the situation going forward . As I said previously better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it