They can’t keep him because they didn’t sign him in the first place. (Because they refused to put the release clause in)
Btw how much do you think he is worth? Because he’s available at £60 million and only Spurs are interested.
It’s an extension of that weird notion that players should be honoured to play for Everton and Everton only, and never have ambitions beyond us.
The reality is that, if signings work out as we want them to, we’ll almost always be a stepping...
No problem with a buy back clause as long as there is a reasonable profit baked in. City could sign any of our players, any time they wanted them anyway.
I don't mind buy back or release clauses if they're going to be worth having i.e at least double the money you're paying for a player. Otherwise you're getting a raw deal.
I don’t really get this argument about gibbs white to be honest. He’s given them 3 good years, helping them consolidate in the league and qualify for Europe, now they’re selling him for a 33% profit. Obviously I’m sure they’d rather they didn’t...