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[KingKenny]

He is bound to have a clause in his contract which means he is for sale if they go down. Greedy ****er like him will want something liek that to ensure he keeps his high wage demands.

good point that, fecking moneybags

[John_Gotti]

Still, it would be stupid not to sell the merits if it could cost us a player we really wanted.

But not to a player of the calibre of Lucas Neil!!!

[rushscored4]

He is bound to have a clause in his contract which means he is for sale if they go down. Greedy ****er like him will want something liek that to ensure he keeps his high wage demands.

Here's an extract of some of the clauses in his contract:

SECTION 8 - ESCAPE CLAUSES

Mr Neill (hereafter referred to as "the player") reserves the right to terminate his contract with West Ham United ("the club") with immediate effect in the following circumstances:

8.1 The club is relegated.

8.2 The club goes into administration.

8.3 The player doesn't like the new kit.

8.4 The player gets fed up with listening to "I'm Forever Blowing Doubles".

8.5 The player doesn't like the shampoo in the showers.

8.6 The player doesn't have his club Bentley washed at 11.16am every Tuesday.

8.7 The club do not send the player a card for every birthday, anniversary, at Easter, Christmas, Father's Day and Valentine's Day.

8.8 The Manager doesn't pick the player for every game.

8.9 The Manager and his Assistant do not blow a kiss to the player before every game.

8.10 The Manager and his Assistant do not pull the player off at half time.

8.11 The Chairman does not let the player draw a face on top of his bald head.

[Redlife]

"Because of the stature, history and ambition of Liverpool, there should be no need for us to sell the merits of this club." - Rick Parry

It depends.


How much can we get for them?

[lfc4ever]

Here's an extract of some of the clauses in his contract:

Mr Neill (hereafter referred to as "the player") reserves the right to terminate his contract with West Ham United ("the club") with immediate effect in the following circumstances:

8.1 The club is relegated.

8.2 The club goes into administration.

8.3 The player doesn't like the new kit.

8.4 The player gets fed up with listening to "I'm Forever Blowing Doubles".

8.5 The player doesn't like the shampoo in the showers.

8.6 The player doesn't have his club Bentley washed at 11.16am every Tuesday.

8.7 The club do not send the player a card for every birthday, anniversary, at Easter, Christmas, Father's Day and Valentine's Day.

8.8 The Manager doesn't pick the player for every game.

8.9 The Manager and his Assistant do not blow a kiss to the player before every game.

8.10 The Manager and his Assistant do not pull the player off at half time.

8.11 The Chairman does not let the player draw a face on top of his bald head.

Oh, and I thought you were joking with us! I can see it was all true after all.

[cobain]

"Because of the stature, history and ambition of Liverpool, there should be no need for us to sell the merits of this club." - Rick Parry


Says it all I think.

Well put, infact it's brilliant. But football is about money unfortunately and if we want to keep up with CSKA and those Red Devil ****s, we need to be financially strong. And to achieve that, we need to persuade Moores to give Rafa more transfer kitty or bring in Arabs from Dubai.

And this -> <- is what I think of the whole situation...

[thesilverfoxlfc]

"Because of the stature, history and ambition of Liverpool, there should be no need for us to sell the merits of this club." - Rick Parry


Says it all I think.

i just came across this now