Quote Originally Posted by Geordie1974 View Post
The way everyone is going on you would think Ashley negotiated it yesterday. I would put money in it being an automatic extension that was probably agreed ages ago.
It will have a get out for a small fee in the event of in this case a takeover.
Yes this must be the case. These deals are negotiated carefully and not the sort of thing either party can jump into or out of at a whim. They are serious financial contracts and that's where Fatty's hands were tied from time to time when he couldn't get his childish, petulant way.