Has Fellaini really got a £22m buyout clause in his contract ?

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Saint Domingo said:
In my opinion Fellaini is nowhere near Modric as a player and that is why one plays for Real Madrid and one plays for us. Modric had everything as a central midfielder, pace, vision, craft, creativity and guile. Fellaini has none of those attributes. I hope for his sake he doesn't go to a mega club because I think he will only be found out. It took us ages....ages to get him to any sort of decent level for us. He's had a longer apprenticeship than any player I know. World class players don't need that. Moyes has built a team around getting the best out of his 15 million pound man. We play the formaiton we do so that Fellaini can play in the hole where his lack of pace and positional sense isn't found out. He can then use his touch and hold up play to bring better players into the game and hopefully get on the end of something they create. Fellaini can bully lesser midfielders in the prem (although obviously not against Leeds) if he's playing deep lying mid but against any team with any quality he's chasing shadows (as horribly showed in the cup semi when Charlie Adam and Lucas gave our midfield the run around, 6 months later and Osman, a proper centre mid, despite being partnered by Neville is dominating Gerrard and Allen at Goodison). I just can't see a top side building their team around him like Moyes has, I think people think he could just slot in at holding mid for any of the world's top sides but when you watch him play there he is positionally all over the shop. I hope one of the top sides are stupid enough to go for him in that position (although questions must be asked as to why they haven't already considering Lescott, Arteta, and Pienaar have all been sold whilst he's been here) because we'd then have a ridiculously overinflated 30 odd million to spend on some real world class players. Modric would be a start.
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Modric is a great player, but Fellaini absolutely bosses games when played in midfield. Modric may be the better player technically, but i'd honestly take Fellaini over him.
 

I think both at thier best Fellaini has a bigger impact on games. I'd say Modric would contribute a bit more over the course of a season though.
 
BirkenheadBlue said:
Sorry but unless I'm missing your meaning, then what you're saying makes no sense.

If there's a £22m clause, then there will be no bidding war.
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just to clarify mate, if 2 or more clubs come in at the same time offering 22mill or whatever the figure is thats when we see an auction.
 

nigelcoyb said:
just to clarify mate, if 2 or more clubs come in at the same time offering 22mill or whatever the figure is thats when we see an auction.
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No you wouldn't mate, they'd both be capable of triggering his release clause, so he'd join whichever one suited him. If there was a bidding war it'd be on his wages!

However, it's moot anyway, as there isn't a release clause
 
Some of the storys of the release clause date back to before he signed his last contract, so hes either ALWAYS had it in, its a new thing or it doesnt exist.

Ive heard its 24m, which lets face it, is a piss poor sum of money.
 
nigelcoyb said:
just to clarify mate, if 2 or more clubs come in at the same time offering 22mill or whatever the figure is thats when we see an auction.
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Not really as both clubs bid will automatically be accpeted. The only auctions will be regarding his wage if they tried to outbid each other.
 

steken1 said:
Not really as both clubs bid will automatically be accpeted. The only auctions will be regarding his wage if they tried to outbid each other.
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This. If he has a release clause like that then it's terrible, I can understand if it's £30m (while being relatively pleased with the sum if he's sold for that) but not anything below it like what's being touted. If someone came in for him at £30m I'd bring in Moutinho for £20m and then some £10m player, that would definitely improve the squad.
 
Artetafan said:
If the club had to make a statement every time the press printed something untrue about their players, they'd never do anything else.
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Would also mean that contract details would be slowly leaked on the basis of what hasn't been denied, leaving clubs in a weaker negotiating position. Might be good for the game in the long term if it led to the collapse of wage bills, but it'd cause havoc in the meantime.
 
I believe Fellaini would prove very successful in the Spanish league.It is less physical and less hectic than the premiership.Fellaini could use his size ans stregth to great effect and the Spanish league is slower and more technical,so a lack of pace may not be so obvious.
A couple of months ago it was suggested that the buy-out clause was 26m ,not it's 22m, I don'tr think we should pay any attention to that nonsense as it is simply journalists trying to create some stories in what habeen a very mundane transfer window so far.
I don't think Fellaini will be sold this month unless a mammoth bid is received,but I do believe that Fellaini will want to eave in the summer if any CL team comes in for him.There may not however be as much interest in him as some suggest as it may be necessary to build a team around him to get the best from him.
 

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