O'Riordan

[Gobstopper]

It's unlikely that we will get any more than the sell on clause £500k, any club that wishes to buy his services will just activate the clause in his contract and then hold talks with the player and/or his agent. If more than one club wishes to activate that clause then the player would have to decide where he wants to go. However, the club does not have to accept stage payments as seems to be the situation at the moment, the clause says £500k, not £100k now and a bit more later. If they don't have £500k then they should clear off.

[Timmy58]

It's unlikely that we will get any more than the sell on clause £500k, any club that wishes to buy his services will just activate the clause in his contract and then hold talks with the player and/or his agent. If more than one club wishes to activate that clause then the player would have to decide where he wants to go. However, the club does not have to accept stage payments as seems to be the situation at the moment, the clause says £500k, not £100k now and a bit more later. If they don't have £500k then they should clear off.

Wasn't there a similar situation with Nick Powell albeit a vastly greater amount. Didn't Manchester United pay £3m with a view to paying a further £3m in instalments. Powell, of course, fell out of favour after Ferguson retired and Moyes didn't rate him enough to play him so loaned him out to Wigan. The rest is history

[MikeSB]

Wasn't there a similar situation with Nick Powell albeit a vastly greater amount. Didn't Manchester United pay £3m with a view to paying a further £3m in instalments. Powell, of course, fell out of favour after Ferguson retired and Moyes didn't rate him enough to play him so loaned him out to Wigan. The rest is history

Dario told me we got another milion when NP scored in the play off final. NP was one of our very best players and disappointing he did not play in the PL...Isn't he with Vale now? Why not us?