Go back, check the facts Gary Stevens, Mike Robinson, Fozzie, Lawro, Andy Ritchie, none of them asked for a transfer so when they left contracts paid up in full, plus on the subject of Ernest and the Cup Final money, as revealed at the time by John Vinicombe the cup run bonuses were from another...
It actually came about when an 'average' player Gary Collier walked out of Bristol,City to join Coventry (somewhat ironic) and the clubs of City and Albions level panicked and sought some kind of protection.
In hindsight it was one of the things that led to the clubs financial meltdown, any...