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As has been mentioned many times in this thread, even without signing his extension Mac was still under contract to next year.

Did he?

It's likely his agent did have some discussions with other clubs and decided Liverpool was the best option (or were paying the highest wages).

Sounds like Mac will be done this week, and I assume we have been waiting for Mac to leave to announce Milner and Dahoud.

From the Athletic on August 29,2022

Specific to Albion, he reports that we have the option year.

Naylor reported we had a one year option many times.

No he wouldn't have. His previous contract expired in 2024.

This summer for around £35m.

I don't follow. Are you saying Mac signed a secret new contract that included a one year option? Or that we exercised our one year option in that period between Feb 2020 and Feb 2021?

Naylor reported last year that we had an option.

Naylor says £55m and his Liverpool counterpart says £45m. Both clubs will be briefing to make it seem like they got the better of the deal. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.

That's true. It does look easy in hindsight now.

I think we'd get more than we got for Bissouma.

Mac is a better player than Bissouma, slightly younger and a World Cup winner. I would expect more of a bidding war too.

Even with a year left on his contract, I am pretty sure we'd be able to get the £45-50m that this supposed release clause is set at. Of course, that would be more of a gamble than guaranteeing a set figure though.

If there is a fixed buyout fee, say £50m as an example, then there is no reason for a club to bid higher than that. Albion would obligated to accept any bid that meets that buyout figure and then it's up to the player to agree personal terms with whichever club/s meet it.

But he had another year left on his contract, so he was never going on a free.

My thoughts exactly. Plus, if this supposed release clause is lower than £45/50m like Fabrizio says it is, then what was the point in the new contract we gave Mac before the World Cup? It all doesn't add up.

Naylor takes a dig at the 'uninitiated' but he clearly also doesn't know what this release clause is, as he hasn't reported it. Or, maybe the club have told him so he can put down Fabrizio.