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At his peak he was verging on world class.
He’s potentially not that player any more, none of us really know.
Well not every deal is made up entirely of ambiguous future clauses is it. We usually at least have some figures to work with. This has been completely shrouded in mystery from the start, with all of us basically just guessing at figures. The only thing we knew for certain was that a payment would be triggered after 20 games, that’s it.
The fact he’s still here and we appear to be basically being forced to keep him on is very strange to me. I’m not comfortable with this while it is still so cloak and dagger, I think we’ve been properly done over by Levy.
“Revised payment structure” says to me that we still owe them a transfer fee, only now they’ve allowed us to move the goalposts on the appearance clauses and when they’re triggered. So instead of another 3 appearances to trigger £10m, they’ve let us reset it back to 20 games or something.
There’s something murky about this whole thing. I want to know what the original deal was, what his new wages will be, what a “revised payment structure” means. I don’t like how shadowy this is.
My feeling is would be half of that 40m is on appearances. 10m incentives and 10m the sell on (which is 25%). Everton are probably looking to get them wiped off. I cant understand why Levy wouldn't do that. I don't know what happens if its a new contract though, as technically he's a free agent. That may give us some leverage.
Also if we’re being very honest, nevermind 18 goals, if he genuinely got 4 goals he’d probably still be one of the top scorers.At his peak he was verging on world class.
He’s potentially not that player any more, none of us really know.
Could he regain a modicum of form? I think he can, will be bang in 18 premier league goals in a season from attacking midfield in this side? Very very unlikely however he could still add moments which either assist us or win us games.
If big Sean Dyche is fine with it, and the player is fit, a reasonable contract isn’t completely out of the realms of possibility.
We’ll look like genius’sAt his peak he was verging on world class.
He’s potentially not that player any more, none of us really know.
Could he regain a modicum of form? I think he can, will be bang in 18 premier league goals in a season from attacking midfield in this side? Very very unlikely however he could still add moments which either assist us or win us games.
If big Sean Dyche is fine with it, and the player is fit, a reasonable contract isn’t completely out of the realms of possibility.
Jobbe for the Dole?With my eyes, this thread looks like it’s called Dole
Prophetic? Hope not