Yevhen Konoplyanka [Sevilla]

[Mattshark]

I'm not saying that, but there has to be action after this from the club to investigate other factors, not just assume Ayre's ability to negotiate is completely flawless...

I'm not assuming that, but I am not attacking him either.

[Vermilion]

Does seem odd that all an owner has to do is refuse to sign paperwork and a man can't work where he wants to ?

Especially if there's an agreed release clause in the blokes contract with said owner/club ?

[Chazza]

Or we believed the clause was triggered ala Suarez and Arsenal.

[Kenneth]

Complain all we like, we can't sign the player outside of the transfer window

Well, he argues breach of contract, has his contract annulled and then we sign him outside the window as an uncontracted player. In Hyperthetical land.

[Leyton388]

****ing hell we should have offered £15,000,001

[Needles]

Does seem odd that all an owner has to do is refuse to sign paperwork and a man can't work where he wants to ?

Especially if there's an agreed release clause in the blokes contract with said owner/club ?

Wouldn't surprise me with East European billionaires

[Tribute]

I'm not assuming that, but I am not attacking him either.

...so as a fan, your view is that you haven't got a view...

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

Surely there are more to release clauses? We could have structured the payment in a way the owner was unhappy? I mean if the payments included IF we get CL and FA cups and that kind of stuff he's not actually certain to be paid is he.

[Red_Polo]

Well without being privy to any clause and the offer, it's impossible to say whether it matters.

Much like Suarez last summer, superficially meeting a clause does not always fulfill all criteria.

[Daffy Duck]

Seriously, can a release clause be triggered by a structured payment?

[Darkon]

I imagine the player has to sue the club rather than us. The contract is between player and club

We are not the part being screwed here as such, it's the player in this case. He would have to go through a case of contract breach, but not really sure what he can achieve from it i.e. getting out of it, compensation or ...

It's effectively dead the deal.

[Needles]

Well without being privy to any clause and the offer, it's impossible to say whether it matters.

Much like Suarez last summer, superficially meeting a clause does not always fulfill all criteria.

Sounds like we have been working on this for days. Can't believe it's something we would have missed.

[Mattshark]

...so as a fan, your view is that you haven't got a view...

I'm a fan of LFC, not of Ian Ayre. But I'm not going to judge him on what I have I have no understanding of, I'll leave that to the club.

[Gazzla]

Complain all we like, we can't sign the player outside of the transfer window

Didn't we sign Mascherano outside the transfer window due to the dispute over the number of clubs he'd played for in the calendar year

[Red_Polo]

Sounds like we have been working on this for days. Can't believe it's something we would have missed.

What the hell was Ayre smoking over there in Dnipro?

Not necessarily missed it. Might have been forced to try to reach agreement just shy of the release terms - same money different conditions etc.