A club would approach Leeds and ask if Smith was available. Leeds would say 'yes depending on your offer'. The 2 clubs would then negotiate an agreeable fee. The player is then given permission to talk personal terms with the club.
The transfer fee is set before Smith would/could have decided to waive any sums due from Leeds. Indeed noone in their right mind would agree to that until primarily they had agreed personal terms, and secondly those terms were good enough for you to think about waiving your dues. Whatever you may think about his decision to join 'them', I think it remains a unique act of genorosity on the part of a football player. Lets not try and pretend it didnt matter or was a PR stunt... > You could argue that the club would simply have upped his transfer fee by > 1m if Smith hadn't waived his loyalty bonus...then again, the management > then at the time, they probably would have fekked that up too. Also, > wasn't NUFC in for him then also? > > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!! DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!!
