- Oct 20, 2022
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Bit of a redundant comment afaic - I was saying that for months.He had two years left on his contract - there was no need to sign a new one. At the time of it being offered, Barber's unofficial mouthpiece Alex Crook, said it would include a significant release clause - that would have made it harder for him to leave when the time came.
But the fact they wanted to renew his contract, lends credence to my point that he wasn’t sacked (but they may have suspected he was thinking of going as early as January). RDZ already had a significant release clause of £12.8m.
Potter had a £16m release clause (£21m inc his staff) - it didn’t make it harder for him and his team to drop tools and walk out with 24 hrs notice.
Every club tries to get players and coaches to renew their contract if there’s a possibility they will leave early. RDZ was clearly wanting the same level of skill in his squad as he had in 2022/3. He didn’t have that. It was compounded by injury and not responding to that in the January window.
RDZ would have to had signed a new contract by this time next year - if the Club couldn’t get assurances for that then it makes our succession planning difficult.
It was mutual.
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