I don't know if £5 million but didn't Mowbray himself admit we had money to spend but he chose not too?

Sharp said Wharton out for the next 2.Phillips was just cramp

Yeah and we won't HAVE to play VDB we will just have to compensate them. If Nixon's article is correct then JDT has already spoken to the player and is comfortable with the deal. Liverpool ain't dictating anything.We ain't forced to play the player, if he isn't worth his place then I presume he will be on the bench and not starting. This is only an issue if VDB is picked solely for us to avoid having to pay the fine. If the club are comfortable and the fine isn't excessive and we can afford it then I don't see the problem?

He doesn't have to pick him. We pay the fine, he isn't being forced to choose the player!

I'm not taking Nixon's word as gospel just find it logical and am aware that many Prem teams insist on such Clauses when loaning out . But if I was pushed I would find Nixon far more in the know than Sharpe.

This clause is only a problem if the lad is picked due to us not being able/willing to pay the fine. Just get him signed.

Says who? Sharpe? There is absolutely no advantage to the club admitting those clauses were in other loan player deals .What you expect the club to start giving the finer details of contracts out to the local media? I think it is standard practice for these sort of clauses to be in place. Van den Berg has half the championship after him and from the gist of Nixon's article it is JDT pushing the VDB deal and Is comfortable he will have enough playing time to avoid any penalties

Sharpe looked at the contracts? With all due respect Sharpe has been wrong plenty of times . Like last January when he said we were no longer interested in Maja as Bordeaux wanted a permanent deal only and we couldn't afford it and then he ended up at Stoke on loan. Loaning out young players is now big buisness for these clubs hence why they collect so many young players.

They ain't dictating our team, they want there player playing and if he doesn't they will want compensating.We do not have to play him and without knowing how much we would have to pay its hard to be too critical. These sort of clauses will be in loan deals all over the place in the EFL

It isn't bollox it's standard practice for those teams to do this when clubs are only part paying the wage. Do you think when Elliot came here we didn't have to do the same? Tosin? Other clubs will be signing up to such deals to get players over the line.Its bullshit that it's allowed agree,but if everyone else is doing it and we ain't it puts us at a disadvantage. These clubs just don't give out their better younger players without some sort of guarantee of gametime or compensation if they don't play

As said above it isn't unique.Them along with all the other big clubs will have similar clauses for all their best kids

Well we won't get any loans then as this isn't unique similar clauses would have been in place for Elliott,Tosin, Bellis,Van Hecke etc. Premier league teams send their kids to play not sit on the bench of an EFL side and if they don't make the team they want compensating.

Nixon says we still have an interest in Van Hecke as want 2 centre halves.Brighton undecided what they are doing with him and in the market for another centre half

Absolutely no chance Brererton ends up at Watford

Well whatever as much as he is called out on here he has got a lot of deals right and exclusives this summer throughout the league's. Arrogant yes Know nothing I dont agree

Those clauses are standard practice when those sort of teams are sending out players on loan, and if the player doesn't play then we would have to pay for it.Probably have a break clause in January. Bellis with Burnley will have some sort of gametime clause in the contract as will other young players that have moved from the bigger premier league teams.

Was it him who told him about our interest in Davies, Anel and the signing of Brittain as all those links came about in the media through Nixon

It was on his Twitter before that sun piece and In fairness to Nixon he said on his Twitter that he couldn't take credit for breaking Morton. He definitely did break the Brittain story though. I take what he says with a pinch of salt and do think he is arrogant but going off his Twitter which I do read he has had quite a few exclusives that have come off this summer throughout the football league

Mowbray did question (publicly) the merit of running a cat1 academy and the cost saying the money could be used for the first team and we could pick up older younger players released by prem clubs

Nixon reckons it's 2 centre backs we want

Yeah correct.If you make a sub at ht it doesn't count tho you can still have 3 stoppages

What about him?

Not seen it but will give it a go . Recently finished under the banner of heaven on Disney plus true crime drama based on the murder of a mother and her child in a Mormon community.7 episodes was fairly decent

It's loosely based on that as in its a criminal family the series and film are a lot different

Yeah Barca owe him unpaid wages so its a different situation entirely