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John Stones transfer saga

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The Stones thing should have been put to bed weeks ago. We were slow with the chairmans statement on the website, and we should have already told Stones categorically that he wasn't being sold, regardless of a transfer request.

My guess is we only took the final decision not to sell once the Yarmalenko deal had proven impossible. No point selling if you can't bring in real quality squad additions.

Now I think we've been after a Januzai loan, and failing that a move for Lennon.
 
What the club will need to do is offer him a new deal which reflects his value.
They will also need to protect themselves with a release clause which will be insisted on, and ensure the release isnt too low.
Should this be refused the club will sell next summer as he will have three years left on deal and only one year before, in theory, Stones COULD, buy out his contract which would significantly reduce the power the club have.
Whilst he is unlikely to exercise this option, its just another option the agent/buying club could throw at the club when trying to negotiate.
 
the esk said:
The issue with agents is all to do with alignment of interests.

An agent is interested in activity regardless of whether or not it is in the player's best interest because generally they earn a percentage of their client's earnings. Thus if a player benefits financially from a move (fees/percentage of transfer fee/increase in salary/image rights etc) then so does the agent.

How about an entirely different business model where the agent earns a flat fee regardless of what the player earns.

It happens elsewhere in business, I might pay a lawyer and an accountant a flat fee for their advice and work over the course of the year - it has nothing to do with what I might or might not earn - I just pay for their time.

If agents were remunerated on the same basis, perhaps then they'd act in their clients interest rather than be driven by activity/turnover.
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Alan Shearer is one famous player I can think of who bucked the trend and used a solicitor as opposed to an agent.

He also bucked the trend by going to Newcastle instead of Man Utd. Coincidence?
 

mythbuster said:
Alan Shearer is one famous player I can think of who bucked the trend and used a solicitor as opposed to an agent.

He also bucked the trend by going to Newcastle instead of Man Utd. Coincidence?
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For a long time in his career Roy Keane used a solicitor. I think Scholes and maybe the Nevilles used the PFA.
 

terraloon said:
The story I hear it was an orchestrated process alas not everyone was singing from the same hymn sheet.
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You've said this a few times, care to share any details?

Orchestrated by whom? Stones, his agent, Martinez, the board, Chelsea or a combination of them? Who failed to follow the script?

And why did it need all the elaboration when there could just be a simple negotiation between clubs that up until this window had good relations that were mutually beneficial?
 
LinekersLegs said:
You've said this a few times, care to share any details?

Orchestrated by whom? Stones, his agent, Martinez, the board, Chelsea or a combination of them? Who failed to follow the script?

And why did it need all the elaboration when there could just be a simple negotiation between clubs that up until this window had good relations that were mutually beneficial?
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IT WUZ CHELSEA... maybe.

BAWK, that.
 

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