Buy back clauses are nearly always “first refusal” on a player, whereby the club benefitting from the clause is entitled to match an accepted offer. For example, if he had a buy back amount of £40m, and Tottenham bid £35m and Southampton accepted, then they are obliged to inform Chelsea, who can...
Lavia, Livramento, Walker-Peters, Ward-Prowse are the only players there of value in my opinion. Particularly Lavia, but he is way out of our price range with Manchester United, Liverpool and even PSG said to be sniffing about.