AjaxAndy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2026 2:45 pm
'Would include an option to sign the winger permanently'.
Well yeah he's out of contract at the end of next season isn't he? So of course we'd have the option to sign him permanently at the end of another loan surely.
When we signed Gareth Barry he was out of contract at the end of his loan but I think we still ended up paying city a fee for him.
TheRam wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2026 3:52 pm
When we signed Gareth Barry he was out of contract at the end of his loan but I think we still ended up paying city a fee for him.
Yeah that was unusual and I'd be surprised if we did the same again here... Maybe there's something in the deal though that allows us to loan him without a fee providing we pay x amount at the end. I'd hope not though, wouldn't be a particularly good way to go about things.
AjaxAndy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2026 4:06 pm
Yeah that was unusual and I'd be surprised if we did the same again here... Maybe there's something in the deal though that allows us to loan him without a fee providing we pay x amount at the end. I'd hope not though, wouldn't be a particularly good way to go about things.
That's how we sold Maupay to Marseille, loan with an obligation to buy. He was out of contact at the end of the loan too, but I think we got 4m?
