sharkyvilla Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, zak said: The rumour is that an add on to the deal was Villa get an extra £15m if Man City/Grealish win the league. You can imagine as it's probably Villa Vs Man city to decide the league, it's getting hot in Twitter That doesn't really make sense if the release clause was £100m, why would City offer an extra £15m on top? Also if it was £85m to start with the other £15m only being paid if they win the league, surely we would have just told them to **** off and he would stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 On 17/05/2022 at 08:20, Ingram85 said: “Ya got a spare light fam”? They look like a group of chavs who hang round outside One Stop causing trouble. That’s basically what they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roitorb Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 33 minutes ago, theboyangel said: Or run out of Steam Shocking but I still appreciate the joke mate made me chuckle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted May 18, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 18, 2022 So people think that all of our players and our manager would somehow be happy to throw a game in order for the club to get a bit more money in? Have I got that right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Micah Richards supposedly said this on 'talksport' "Steve Gerrard would like to win the league for Liverpool on Sunday but Villa has a clause in Jack Grealish deal that could land them extra £15 million if City wins the league and in this business Money comes first." I've only seen the quote written down, presumably he was joking, but it's been taken out of context and used as clickbait, if he was serious about the clause I doubt he'd seriously suggest that we would throw the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted May 18, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 18, 2022 23 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: That doesn't really make sense if the release clause was £100m, why would City offer an extra £15m on top? Also if it was £85m to start with the other £15m only being paid if they win the league, surely we would have just told them to **** off and he would stay. Was the £100m paid all up front? Maybe we agreed to have the fee spread over a few seasons if they agreed to this bonus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 13 minutes ago, useless said: Micah Richards supposedly said this on 'talksport' "Steve Gerrard would like to win the league for Liverpool on Sunday but Villa has a clause in Jack Grealish deal that could land them extra £15 million if City wins the league and in this business Money comes first." I've only seen the quote written down, presumably he was joking, but it's been taken out of context and used as clickbait, if he was serious about the clause I doubt he'd seriously suggest that we would throw the game. Surely a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_avfc Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 54 minutes ago, useless said: Micah Richards supposedly said this on 'talksport' "Steve Gerrard would like to win the league for Liverpool on Sunday but Villa has a clause in Jack Grealish deal that could land them extra £15 million if City wins the league and in this business Money comes first." I've only seen the quote written down, presumably he was joking, but it's been taken out of context and used as clickbait, if he was serious about the clause I doubt he'd seriously suggest that we would throw the game. He didn’t say it at all. He’s come out and said that he didn’t say it and he hasn’t been on Talksport for years. Another example of social media at its worst where someone makes up a story and within a few hours people are taking it as truth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 (edited) Thanks That doesn't surprise me, Daily Star wrote an article based on it now deleted, which shows how these false rumors can spread. Edited May 18, 2022 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 7 hours ago, The_Steve said: Where’s this conspiracy about us getting a big fee if City win the league? It started from Liverpool fans that we get 15 million from the Grealish transfer if they win the league even though was a release clause. Its obviously a cover for them if we lose but I am happy to tell them about it to annoy them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 5 hours ago, Lichfield Dean said: So people think that all of our players and our manager would somehow be happy to throw a game in order for the club to get a bit more money in? Have I got that right? I dont think our manager would be happy to throw it Purslow might also be confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 5 hours ago, sharkyvilla said: That doesn't really make sense if the release clause was £100m, why would City offer an extra £15m on top? Also if it was £85m to start with the other £15m only being paid if they win the league, surely we would have just told them to **** off and he would stay. Also when the transfer was agreed the games were scheduled. So we would have known about this as the last game of the season was arranged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpants Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Lads FFS. You can't just write anything you want into a contract. Clauses all have to be lawful, just because both parties sign doesn't mean what amounts to an actual crime is ok. Think about it, a clause where we get paid additional money if the team we sell a player to wins the league is match fixing. City would be financially rewarding us to throw our 2 games against them. If they then signed 4 players from 4 other clubs on the same terms then they have financially incentivised clubs to throw them 30 points! If that clause existed in a contract both clubs would be relegated or worse. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Like most of what comes out of Micah Richards' mouth, complete and utter garbage. English football was somehow cheapened further the day armchair enthusiasts everywhere decided that Richards was a "breath of fresh air" in the Sky Sports studio. He is to punditry what Jake Paul is to boxing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Just now, est1874 said: Like most of what comes out of Micah Richards' mouth, complete and utter garbage. Probably should have finished reading to the bottom of the thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 9 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Probably should have finished reading to the bottom of the thread Like most of what comes out of the Daily Star rag, complete and utter garbage. English journalism was somehow cheapened further the day armchair enthusiasts everywhere decided it was was a "breath of fresh air" in the tabloid world. It is to journalism what Micah Richards is to football punditry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted May 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 19, 2022 6 hours ago, kevpants said: Lads FFS. You can't just write anything you want into a contract. Clauses all have to be lawful, just because both parties sign doesn't mean what amounts to an actual crime is ok. Think about it, a clause where we get paid additional money if the team we sell a player to wins the league is match fixing. City would be financially rewarding us to throw our 2 games against them. If they then signed 4 players from 4 other clubs on the same terms then they have financially incentivised clubs to throw them 30 points! If that clause existed in a contract both clubs would be relegated or worse. It would be worse. Much worse. It's utter utter hyperbunkum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 21 hours ago, useless said: Micah Richards supposedly said this on 'talksport' "Steve Gerrard would like to win the league for Liverpool on Sunday but Villa has a clause in Jack Grealish deal that could land them extra £15 million if City wins the league and in this business Money comes first." I've only seen the quote written down, presumably he was joking, but it's been taken out of context and used as clickbait, if he was serious about the clause I doubt he'd seriously suggest that we would throw the game. Richards is a **** idiot and I genuinely don't know how he managed to get himself such a lucrative broadcasting career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, kevpants said: Lads FFS. You can't just write anything you want into a contract. Clauses all have to be lawful, just because both parties sign doesn't mean what amounts to an actual crime is ok. Think about it, a clause where we get paid additional money if the team we sell a player to wins the league is match fixing. City would be financially rewarding us to throw our 2 games against them. If they then signed 4 players from 4 other clubs on the same terms then they have financially incentivised clubs to throw them 30 points! If that clause existed in a contract both clubs would be relegated or worse. I'm not sure that's true if I'm honest You always hear stories about bonuses and incentives, winning stuff and CL qualification etc I don't think it comes under match fixing Havertz is officially Chelseas highest transfer because they had to pay leverkusen a CL bonus for example, real Madrid have had to pay Chelsea £20m for winning la liga and the CL, not sure about 2 PL teams though Theres still professional pride, how does Gerrard tell the players not to bother on Sunday because then his transfer kitty will be bigger? Not going to happen is it and then even if it did or Gerrard played the U23s it would still come under suspiscion as an isolated incident, I assumed the PL monitored that kind of thing for every game due to gambling FWIW the grealish clause is a load of bollocks Edited May 19, 2022 by villa4europe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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