Nil Satis Niasse Optimum
Player Valuation: £20m
There really ought to be shorter contracts in football. So much money is involved, it really needs to be sorted out a lot cleverer.
I'd be for initial two-year contracts for managers and players alike, with the club - who after all are paying so much money to their employees - being protected by automatic extensions if and when clauses are activated.
Scenario manager:
Everton sign Koeman, initial two-year contract. If goals - agreed during negotiations - are met, then at end of second year a further two years are automatically added to the deal with no negotiating needing to take place: Due to goals being met an already-agreed wage increase will be given. Once the second set of two years are up, same procedure can begin again with two-year increments.
If goals are not met at end of two years, contract can run out and he can leave and go wherever he wants for free, or club and manager can mutually agree to extend deal for two more years on existing terms. Everybody is a winner. No danger to club of being tied in to 20m four-year deals for underperforming managers, and manager knows if he performs well he'll get a longer deal and better wages, and if he doesn't it can be discussed with the club or he can try his luck elsewhere knowing the club can't stand in his way.
Scenario player:
Everton sign Stones for 3m from Barnsley, initial two-year contract. Club retains option to extend his contract by another 2/3 years if they are satisfied with his progress at the end of two years. If they aren't satisfied, they can sell for an already-agreed fee during initial negotiations. To make such a deal attractive to the player there could be release clauses inserted into all contracts, like in Spain, albeit more realistic. That way, even if the club is pleased with player but player wants out regardless, there is a fee there, everybody knows it, and it's up to other clubs to meet it and sign player. Both club and player retain a good deal of power.
I'd be for initial two-year contracts for managers and players alike, with the club - who after all are paying so much money to their employees - being protected by automatic extensions if and when clauses are activated.
Scenario manager:
Everton sign Koeman, initial two-year contract. If goals - agreed during negotiations - are met, then at end of second year a further two years are automatically added to the deal with no negotiating needing to take place: Due to goals being met an already-agreed wage increase will be given. Once the second set of two years are up, same procedure can begin again with two-year increments.
If goals are not met at end of two years, contract can run out and he can leave and go wherever he wants for free, or club and manager can mutually agree to extend deal for two more years on existing terms. Everybody is a winner. No danger to club of being tied in to 20m four-year deals for underperforming managers, and manager knows if he performs well he'll get a longer deal and better wages, and if he doesn't it can be discussed with the club or he can try his luck elsewhere knowing the club can't stand in his way.
Scenario player:
Everton sign Stones for 3m from Barnsley, initial two-year contract. Club retains option to extend his contract by another 2/3 years if they are satisfied with his progress at the end of two years. If they aren't satisfied, they can sell for an already-agreed fee during initial negotiations. To make such a deal attractive to the player there could be release clauses inserted into all contracts, like in Spain, albeit more realistic. That way, even if the club is pleased with player but player wants out regardless, there is a fee there, everybody knows it, and it's up to other clubs to meet it and sign player. Both club and player retain a good deal of power.
