It's bound to be a Mercedes.

I haven’t seen Eze’s contract and doubt that anybody on this site has either.

However, if it is true that it includes a release clause which clubs are currently seeking to exercise, it puts further emphasis on the point which I raised earlier in this discussion.
I have been surprised by the relaxed attitude of many to Olise’s potential departure via a release clause.
Will they be as relaxed if we lose Eze in the same way in this window?

I disagree that our only option is to include the clauses if we want to sign these players.

There’s another option which is to sign players who want to play for the club and are not looking for an exit before the ink is barely dry on the contract.

There’s an argument that it gives the club certainty if a sale is made.
However, does anybody seriously think £50-60 million is a fair market value for Olise?
If there was a bidding war in the absence of such clause it would likely to be closer to £100 million.

I know if we sell Eze and Olise with release clauses we will make far more money than we paid for them.
Great, but at what cost to the team and preparations for next season.

Furthermore, let’s hire Brighton’s negotiator to prepare the release clauses.
£115m for Caceido
£60m for Cucerella.

My take is that both Olise and Eze would only sign new contracts provided a release clause was included. If the club had not done so then it's possible that both players ( Olise certainly ) would have already left the club.

Agree that the amount of the release clause seems heavily weighted in favour of the players in these cases. Olise is certainly worth far more than Palace are receiving for him.

In terms of Caceido and Cucerella, my understanding was that Caceido didn't have a fee attached to his release clause and Cucurella didn't have one at all. But it seems ridiculous that Brighton were able to extract those sums for those players.

I haven’t seen Eze’s contract and doubt that anybody on this site has either.

However, if it is true that it includes a release clause which clubs are currently seeking to exercise, it puts further emphasis on the point which I raised earlier in this discussion.
I have been surprised by the relaxed attitude of many to Olise’s potential departure via a release clause.
Will they be as relaxed if we lose Eze in the same way in this window?

I disagree that our only option is to include the clauses if we want to sign these players.

There’s another option which is to sign players who want to play for the club and are not looking for an exit before the ink is barely dry on the contract.

There’s an argument that it gives the club certainty if a sale is made.
However, does anybody seriously think £50-60 million is a fair market value for Olise?
If there was a bidding war in the absence of such clause it would likely to be closer to £100 million.

I know if we sell Eze and Olise with release clauses we will make far more money than we paid for them.
Great, but at what cost to the team and preparations for next season.

Furthermore, let’s hire Brighton’s negotiator to prepare the release clauses.
£115m for Caceido
£60m for Cucerella.

It's bound to be a Mercedes.