It's the policy. I don't believe billionaire Tony wants to give away control and Barber is a tough negotiator as we have seen.
I think Tony simply will not sanction signing up to release clauses, and would rather walk away from the deal ( Livramento ? ??? ).
They simply cannot state "no...
Very strange as Solly has 1 year left on his current deal and we have a further option on another year.
So not sure what the benefit of a 2 year deal really would be :shrug: