Loaned him & Durrant, Royle bought him permanently.
Yeah you're right mate. About a month in it.
LADS FELLAINI HAS A CLAUSE IN HIS CONTRACT.
IT'S A SANTA CLAUS
I only remember cos I was in hospital, and the echo was the only means of news (back then) I read it back to front! And then again!
We won the derby shortly after. Ferguson and Rideout!
Amazed this threads so long, I thought everyone knew about the clause back when he signed his contract.
Talking to bloke in work who knows a lot about the club and he came up with some good points.
1. There is a clause of at least 25mil
2. Chelsea do not qualify to trigger the clause.
3. If Chelsea want him and bid say 30mil then the clause goes out of the window and anyone else wanting him will have to match Chelseas bid at least.
4. Everton are hoping that Chelsea do bid over the clause this month so it goes out of the window for this month.
5. Even if we don't accept the bid the clause is still gone for this month.
He has always been pretty spot on in the past and have no reason to doubt him now.
Why? Surely a champ league team could bid his minimum fee release regardless of Chelsea's bid. If Chelsea bid above his clause we should snap their hands off.
Honestly, all of this 'Chelsea don't count as a CL team' is utter crap. The fact they've been knocked out doesn't mean they're not a Champions League team, they're the current champions and haven't missed out on qualification in years. I'm sure if there is a clause driven by European qualification it is a little more fleshed out than just:
'Have to be in der knockout stages of der Champions Leeeg'