Yes. If you are operating under a fixed-term multi-million pound contract, or if your contract provides for months of gardening leave (Dan). There is nothing selective about this.
The club, and most importantly the chairman, is clearly VERY ****ed off with this whole saga. They're probably putting a very close shot across everyone's bows and saying STFU of **** Off.
He’ll be back training tomorrow, armed with his new improved contract after Chelsea have flounced off because Brighton are not negotiating properly with an ESL-ready behemoth.
This.
To add: Twitter is never to be believed; we can definitely spot a good player (BIG TONY DATA) and the club appears unambiguous - “We will not stand in a player’s way if the club’s valuation is met.”
From the little we actually hear from the club, they’re granite, the “eye-watering” and “£50m PLUS” and “More valuable than Ben White” snippets have been constants.
Absolutely. Also worth noting that his current employers are true to their word and will not stand in the way of their employee IF their valuation for terminating his contract is met. BTW, how are Chelsea progressing with their eye-watering, north of £50m offer?
When Biss turns out to be absolutely World Class at Spurs, Brighton will be airbrushed out of his timeline. The same goes for Cucurella wherever he turns up. It is (virtually) impossible for a #teamlikebrighton to move the needle away from anything other than walk-to-wall coverage of the...
Sitting here in sunny Brighton with a coffee - and I just smiled to myself that Brighton (my/our little Brighton) are now vexing the fanbases of the biggest clubs in the world for two summers running. As someone else has said, we’ll have to get used to it as the great (bad) and good (toxic) of...
This is not the point! Brighton say they have a valuation. If it's met they'll not stand in the way of sanctioning the sale of:
1. Their POTS
2. A player just one year into a 5-year contract
3. A left-back we've struggled to find since Potter's been here
4. A player they do not really want to...