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It seems to me that part of the agreement that saw him sign a new contract in October, was that his agent could talk to clubs about a move this summer, it has been very openly happening. His Dad also met with Man United, and probably had discussions with others here and on the continent too...

An injury would have been a problem, but that can happen at any time, having a shit world cup was not going to happen, he was fringe and if he got games and played badly he would have been on the bench. No, only possible to enhance his rep at that time. We don't have a master gambler, we have a...

The Caicedo situation is different. He had 2.5 years left on his contract and can't run it down quite so easily, refusing him a January move is less risky than refusing a player with 18 months. Chelsea can ask for what they like, but lets see what they get. He is only worth more than £45M...

Alternative to a release mechanism with a less than optimal fee in his new contract would maybe have been no new contract, and Alexis leaving for even less this summer, due to the short contract and risk of him leaving for free in 12 months. It seems the club avoided the risk of him leaving in...

We don't know anything for a fact, even when it's done we won't know the fee for certain. That he signed a new contract ahead of the World Cup and January window is a fairly strong indication that there was some confidence from Mac's Dad that he could still move fairly easily this window. Two...

Mac and his Dad probably allowed Albion to get a fee 50% or so larger than they would otherwise have had to accept if he had not signed a new contract before the World Cup. No disrespect has been done to the club here, his Father as his Agent has a responsibility to advance his career and...

And in reality, if a club have decided they do not want to renew contracts with a player, they tell the agent that he is free to talk to whoever.

Officially, yes, the club should have had permission from Liverpool to talk to any player still under contract, and as a club we probably did at some point, as we tend to be respectful of the rules, but the reality is that a certain amount of info would have been exchanged between player and...

Mid season, yes, totally different early in the Summer window.

If that interview was in response to Caicedo rumours, that would make it after Mac signed a new contract also, if so, then we know "Big Club" is not a term used in the contract release clause. Barber can be a bit weasily with words, he has insisted there were never ever any plans to increase...

All free agents.

No he didn't, he said the club dont like them and tend not to have them.

So why would Alexis and his Dad agree to a new contract before the January window and World Cup? There must have been some assurances that signing a new deal would not hinder a good opportunity greatly, or he would have sensibly left himself with 12 months to go on his contract and been off for...

You don't know that anymore than any other person outside of his agents or the club.

It seems to me that some sort of agreement was made prior to the World Cup, that allowed the club to get a new contract agreed. I don't think it is a straightforward release clause, but it may be something like that all conditions for release are met, if fee is kept confidential, occurs in the...