Depends if more than 1 club is interested in him, hence why I suggested putting him up for sale and creating a bidding war.
No not really.
Because they would both deal with him direct and not us. Both would offer the best contract to him and signing on fee rather than talk to us about a transfer fee
It's on the interested clubs, not us now. We aren't a concern to them, Emre is
Say for example, to keep it simple, 2 clubs are interested
They both talk to him
One offers him 200k a week and a 5m signing on fee
He's really interested
The second club can't afford those wages but want to offer him 100k so think the 5m a year saving there over a 5 year contract would be worth offering us a deal to get it done now
Why would Emre accept? To do us a favour? He'd just hold out for the better deal
Would both offer money when they can get him for free in July? No chance, why would they?
We literally have zero chance of getting a fee once you let it roll into the final 12 months
Like i say, go read Jean Marc Bosman's story and the history of pay and retain contracts
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