Trent, Salah and VVD

[rubans]

I think the club are calling the bluff on the players. We’ve given them our best and final offers. They’ve not found anyone offering better yet and it’s a case of who blinks first.

I’d imagine the bonuses are paid regardless of staying into the next season.

Yeah I'm sure the bonus is covered regardless.
However, wonder what this best offer is. Strange out of the lot for VDV and Mo to hold his nerve too, the market presumably isn't great and we pay great wages/bonuses. We been so good previously of getting contracts done ASAP (apart Mo's last one) without any issues. Trent is a different kettle of fish though...

 

[Beamrider]

Either Mo is a fool for not accepting the contract pre christmas that was on the table or it's way below what he thought he was worth. Or maybe club aren't planning to renew any of them to avoid paying the massive bonuses they will be due for winning the league presuming they have to stick around post that for a few months like most of us for a period in companies. Obviously have no idea but seems less likely by each month not renewed that a deal is likely...

The bonuses would be due to them regardless. Any bonuses for trophies are usually paid following the end of the season (which is usually in May). Anyone still with the club would have their last pay date either on 30 June or the pay date immediately afterwards, so they'd still get their bonuses as they would fall due before they leave the club.
The contract will be drafted so that any and all bonuses due are payable before it expires.
If a player leaves the club, he may forfeit so-called "loyalty" bonuses as they usually stipulate that he has to be at the club on a particular date (usually after the end of a transfer window) in order to get the bonus.
Signing on fees are payable regardless, even if they fall due if the player has left the club, which is why they are increasingly rare.

 

[Frogfish]

Surely figuring out what he wants and then laundering it is more complicated than just getting one of your best players to sign an extension!

Not for City. Tried & tested.

 

[MomoWASright]

Yeah I'm sure the bonus is covered regardless.
However, wonder what this best offer is. Strange out of the lot for VDV and Mo to hold his nerve too, the market presumably isn't great and we pay great wages/bonuses. We been so good previously of getting contracts done ASAP (apart Mo's last one) without any issues. Trent is a different kettle of fish though...

It could be the agents scurrying round to see what is out there. It’s a strange time. Money doesn’t seem to be increasing at a massive rate from broadcasters anymore and there has to be a commercial ceiling. It’s also about who would they move to? I doubt any of them would move to an English side. Real are all in on Trent. PSG just spunked a load of cash on that lad from Napoli. There’s really no one else for them.

 

[rubans]

The bonuses would be due to them regardless. Any bonuses for trophies are usually paid following the end of the season (which is usually in May). Anyone still with the club would have their last pay date either on 30 June or the pay date immediately afterwards, so they'd still get their bonuses as they would fall due before they leave the club.
The contract will be drafted so that any and all bonuses due are payable before it expires.
If a player leaves the club, he may forfeit so-called "loyalty" bonuses as they usually stipulate that he has to be at the club on a particular date (usually after the end of a transfer window) in order to get the bonus.
Signing on fees are payable regardless, even if they fall due if the player has left the club, which is why they are increasingly rare.

Yeah I was just speculating, I'm sure the agents would have had that loop covered by standard especially when our package is probably weighted quiet a bit wages. Whole thing is weird, we are so good normally with security and wages. Surely they can't have many offers matching ours typically even factoring sign on fees.

 

[StevieM]

Some how City negotiate Haaland for life before we get one of ours across the finish line!

I reckon if we offer Mo a 10 year contract with a 40% increase in salary he’d sign in a heartbeat.