Just noticed that Balotelli's contract ends next summer. If we failed to sell him in this transfer window and if we don't willing to use him this season we can terminate his contract. Is contract termination more "expensive" for the club than paying him £110,000 a week till contract ends? In which case we will lose more money?
A contract termination is possible but incredibly unlikely at this stage IMO. There are a number of factors to consider before going down that route.
Say we do agree a compensation package with Balotelli and there are clubs interested in signing him if he was unattached, would they be willing to pay him the signing on bonus that somebody like Balotelli would request now that he's out of contract? Would they be willing to pay him more in wages to make up for the transfer fee that they didn't have to pay?
It also has to be beneficial to all parties. It's no use trying to negotiate a contract termination if the player doesn't want to. It may be that him remaining at Liverpool and training either with the under-21's or the first team creates a more positive image than if he was unattached and training on his own somewhere. Obviously he doesn't give two shits about his public image - I guess he should have done considering the situation he finds himself in - but it may be something that his agent mentions to him.
Whether it works out cheaper compared to the rest of his contract is another matter. His base wage is 80k a week with approx. 20-25% more coming in the way of performance related bonuses. You see all the time how sacked managers get paid
x amount when they leave the club and sometimes it can work out less than they would earn in wages but sometimes it can work out more. Sometimes it depends on how long that person has left on their contract and the circumstances under which they are leaving the club. I read earlier that if Balotelli is still here come September 1st then he gets a 6 figure bonus that was negotiated after he willingly took a 50% pay cut before joining us.
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