Eagles playing at the World Cup

[Poshgit]

No but by the time he negotiated his contract extension and new release clause (the one he went to Bayern under) he was getting a load of interest from big clubs. Most speculation that summer was about him going to Chelsea.

The Olise situation with us was one of those where everyone got a bit of something they wanted. We got him for another year and a higher transfer fee than we’d have otherwise got. He got an improved contract and a release clause that wasn’t prohibitive for the big boys. Bayern ended up getting a world class player cheaply by football standards.

also didn’t he have quite a bit of time out with injuries when he was with us - maybe that would affect a top price sale - he seems more robust now

 

[samprior]

In the position he was in at the time, it's not as clear cut as that.

Nobody else was particularly interested. He'd been knocked back by all the "big clubs" prior to that. Do you think he would have just stayed at Reading another three years? His development wouldn't have been the same if he did.

We got him for a bargain price due to his release clause. Otherwise we wouldn't of had much of a chance to sign him. He then signed two contracts with us, both of which had release clauses in. If we hadn't have agreed to the release clauses then I don't believe he'd have signed with us/extend with us.

I'm not saying this is a bad reflection on anyone. Player or club. A lot of players are smarter these days in taking side routes to the top by moving to smaller clubs so that they can develop but asking for release clauses... Olise, Eze, Macalister, Semenyo to name a few. I'd be fairly certain Rayan and Kroupi have something similar at Bournemouth.