And, if there is a release clause, it's going to make the squad weaker.
My understanding that release clauses could only be activated in the club's own transfer window.
You might have to double check on that but I'm sure that is the case and if it isn't it'll be written into future release clauses - so that's that sorted.
Yes - overseas clubs will get a slight advantage. If a Premier League club and Barcelona are after the same player as the transfer window is approaching either the PL club goes balls deep or calls the clubs bluff - there will still be plenty of politics.
However, what it might do is shift the balance for clubs to do their business correctly and earlier. The likes of Chamberlain swanning around with a half-shift for Arsenal last week against us - and then he joins us - I'd have been majorly pissed off if that had been the other way around.
It's a good move - plus it pisses Sky off as it closes at 5pm so it works for me! (Also stops us doing our traditional 'buy the future flop from the World Cup after he's had 3 good games in his life').
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