Well I *think* that the buying club is paying compensation for termination of the playing contract on behalf of the player, and that the buying club would not do that if it were not confident of being able to sign a playing contract with the player itself, which would mean agreeing personal terms, passing a medical, and compliance with FA rules. So if Sakho is not willing to play for West Brom (say), then West Brom will not be giving the bin dippers £30m to wind up his contract with them.

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A player doesn't have to move to a club if he doesn't want to. So if LFC want to sell to Leicester and Sakho says no, no it is. LFC either sell him to a club Sakho agrees to, Sakho runs down his contract, or gets loaned out, again to a club Sakho agrees to.

Not all players can pull this off. You've got to be a top performer or your reputation is damaged.

When this sort of power happened I'm not exactly sure but I'd say when players were earning enough 1 contract to never have to work again. Back in the days of driving ford Capris and maybe running a pub in retirement or being skint by 40 odd this wouldn't happen. You're sold, you go. You misbehave, you train with the kids for a while, learn your lesson and get let back in.

COYP

Why are we f***in around just get it done

Sakho seems to have said he doesn't want to go anywhere except Palace. I'm sure he can't really want to sit on the bench until January, so he must be reasonably confident that we will pay up in the end. Everyone knows how popular he was and would be at Selhurst Park and that he really could make a difference here.

Unless we're stupid enough to walk away for the sake of a couple of million this ought to go through. Actually walking away might make us look so ridiculous that the reputational damage alone might be worth that amount!

Of course the medical had better include a full psychological assessment

Edited by chateauferret (29 Aug 2017 7.40pm)

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Probably negotiating unlikely add ons.

500 apps in 3 seasons. 80 goals. 300 clean sheets.

In reality there might actually be some unlikely to happen add ons so it appears as if Liverpool have done better on the deal.

COYP

Yeah I only knew that when he signed last time. Then when he played I could see why. The only fault he made was playing the ball sideways to ward under pressure between box and corner flag in his 1st game minutes away from our first result for weeks. Not in his education to hack it away. Didn't see him do that again or hack it away. Any pass was safely to feet or turning defence into attack. A real craftsman.

COYP