A release clause is quite common when a moderately decent club sign a promising young player. Unfortunately in DS's case, he was not that young and not that promising when we signed him, so he (or his agent) gratefully took the deal we offered. This means that Burnley never had the right to...
Mmmm..... the Argus says six bids from Burnley, but DS did not put in a transfer request till last night. Sounds to me like Burnley dicking around, and DS playing for the extra bit of money that would have come his way had he been transferred 'against his wishes' (without putting in a request)...