So you posted your comment 8 hours ago or something?
I've only read this thread. Seems like £27m inc addons. Whatever the figure is, it's already been agreed, so won't be affected by what's in the papers now.
Sure, but that's got nothing to do with it. He'd be happy if he was released on a free, but throwing a strop because we haven't released him on a free would be weird. And equally, throwing a strop because we don't accept a £12m would be pathetic. Now if we didn't accept £50m, sure, you could...
If Trossard believes he's good enough for a big club then obviously he'd have fancied his chances of playing a lot for us over the next few months, and then he could have got his move in the summer, when most transfers happen.
His agent is a bit stuck at the moment. He can either say 'oops, sorry, I've made a bit of a balls up, so could you go back with your tail between your legs - oh, and please don't fire me' or 'you're a great player and deserve to play at a top club and Brighton are wrong to be holding you...
Which is just too weird to comprehend - of course we activated it, there was never going to be a chance we wouldn't (unless he got a long term injury) and if he and his agent thought we might not then they're ****ing idiots.