Lowbankclaret wrote:The reason they dont want to cancel the contract is they have the remainder of the contract paid to them.
So Snodgrass had 18 months left on his contract. If he was on 30 k a week , Hull have to pay him 2.3 million, now they wont pay that much they will come to a settlement. I have no idea how much it will be. He is then likely to get a signing on fee and wages of maybe 50k at WH.
So players make plenty of money out of a move.
If they put in a transfer request that means the club dont have to pay the remaining contract, I would not be giving that size of money away.
You're making the mistake there, lowbank, of assuming that because something happens sometimes, it must happen in every single case. It isn't true.
You get clubs like Blackburn recently who land themselves with a right pile of dross on £20k per week that they want rid of because they're an embarassment to have around; but the player knows they're not getting that sort of money anywhere else, so they will refuse all transfers out of the club.
Unless the club pays them a sweetener to go.
And then you get other transfers, like when Derby signed Shackell, when the player is all too anxious to go. Shackell was desperate for Burnley to let him off the rest of his contract, because Derby wanted to pay him more. So when he left, he got not an extra penny off Burnley. He was more than happy to walk away without getting compensation, because where he was going was "better" than the place he was leaving.
Hull City's payments to Snodgrass will stop the moment he signs for West Ham. They will pay him nothing. Clubs only pay off part of a player's contract when they want rid and they can't offload him any other way.
