Burnley can't stop him!

[StarterForTen]

As Shack is about to enter the final year of a contract greater than three years in length. I believe - under EU law - he has the right to buy out the final year of his contract and make himself a free agent.

There may be some terms to doing that, but at face value, his fee should not really be much more than his final years salary.

What's the thinking on his wages? £25k per week perhaps? That would mean a fee of £1.5m is about right.

It does mean that the Clarets who think Dyche can take a stand and simply not sell may not be quite correct.

[nickyd63]

As Shack is about to enter the final year of a contract greater than three years in length. I believe - under EU law - he has the right to buy out the final year of his contract and make himself a free agent.

There may be some terms to doing that, but at face value, his fee should not really be much more than his final years salary.

What's the thinking on his wages? £25k per week perhaps? That would mean a fee of £1.5m is about right.

It does mean that the Clarets who think Dyche can take a stand and simply not sell may not be quite correct.

I hope you are right

[Manofpride]

We don't need Shacks anyway now our new (player assistant) Captain PUYOL is on his way!!!

[lancyclaret]

As Shack is about to enter the final year of a contract greater than three years in length. I believe - under EU law - he has the right to buy out the final year of his contract and make himself a free agent.

There may be some terms to doing that, but at face value, his fee should not really be much more than his final years salary.

What's the thinking on his wages? £25k per week perhaps? That would mean a fee of £1.5m is about right.

It does mean that the Clarets who think Dyche can take a stand and simply not sell may not be quite correct.

True, you are correct that Shackell could buy out the last year of his contract, but WRONG that it would cost about £1.5 million.

The rules take things into account things like age, transfer market current value, Premier League experience, appearances, important status at the club etc...

The fact that Shackell has been a virtual ever-present for 3 seasons (one in the PL) and is bo

[Oldtimeram]

If that is the case, you can keep him.

[lancyclaret]

If that is the case, you can keep him.

I hope we do. Maybe you will get him if you get promoted next season on a free transfer if he decides to run down his deal like Danny Ings.

Also, any panel deciding how much it would cost to buy out any contract would have to take into account that Shackell was in a defence that kept 10 clean sheets in 38 matches in the Premier League despite relegation.

Anyway, I am much more worried about Bournemouth coming in for Shackell - Eddie Howe signed him for Burnley after chasing JS for two years and is a big admirer.

If the Cherries do make an offer, I think Burnley will let him leave for more Premier football which the player deserves.

[rhino1980]

If that is the case, you can keep him.

I hope we do. Maybe you will get him if you get promoted next season on a free transfer if he decides to run down his deal like Danny Ings.

Also, any panel deciding how much it would cost to buy out any contract would have to take into account that Shackell was in a defence that kept 10 clean sheets in 38 matches in the Premier League despite relegation.

Anyway, I am much more worried about Bournemouth coming in for Shackell - Eddie Howe signed him for Burnley after chasing JS for two years and is a big admirer.

If the Cherries do make an offer, I think Burnley will let him leave for more Premier football which the player deserves.[/quote]


Simple fact is once who ever reaches the price you want he will be gone. And you can dream all you want about 4-5m isn't going to be anything like that.

Same as if we sold Hughes wouldn't be 15m som

[StarterForTen]

I'm afraid I don't think you are right about the panel thing; its a straight forward calculation of wages as listed in the contract - and any agent/lawyer worth his/her salt will have it spelled out in exact terms in a clause in the contract anyway.

However, assuming Shackell did want to go down this route, he would have to pay the the compensation out of earned income so (assuming that a new club would be meeting that) he would probably need to receive almost double the amount because of tax liabilities he would have to meet.

So the truth is - based on a guessed weekly wage of £25k - it would put his buyout cost to a new club at around £2.5m. Whether that is a signing on bonus or in enhanced wages, its still a cost to the buying club.

In this scenario it would make more sense to both the buying and selling club to do a deal somewhere between the buy-out value and the cost to fund that buy-out and keep a slice of income tax out of the Chancellor's pocket.

That would make sense in t

[triz]

Couple of good posts there. I can see this being a drawn out affair like the once transfer is seeming to be