Brilliant, looks like we will be getting 30+ mill if he does leave in the next 2 or 3 years then. Should be enough of a deterrent for most clubs.
Great statement and kudos to one of the itk's the other week who said lloris would sign and that he sees the bigger picture with our squad and knows we underperformed, pretty much echoing the quotes in this statement.
I don't know about the 30 mill.......there might be an agreed sum in the contract that allows Hugo to leave if we don't qualify for the CL. A compromise, maybe 20 mill. If I was Hugo's agent I would have insisted on something like this if Spurs wanted me to sign a new deal after all that has gone on in the last couple of years.
I don't know about the 30 mill.......there might be an agreed sum in the contract that allows Hugo to leave if we don't qualify for the CL. A compromise, maybe 20 mill. If I was Hugo's agent I would have insisted on something like this if Spurs wanted me to sign a new deal after all that has gone on in the last couple of years.
I can't see him being sold for less unless his form nose dives, in which case who'd want him? If all things remain equal in the next 3 years say, we'll still be financially secure, in no need to sell, with no will to sell and it would take a huge bid to force our hand, just like it did for carrick, berbs, keane, modric and bale.
If we don't want to sell the buying club needs to pay through the nose to get our players, recent history shows this.
"Everything is clear in my head and if I've signed a new contract it's because I trust the club and I'm sure we will progress in a positive way."
"trust" meaning "if we don't show significant signs of improvement & ambition, or make top 4 next season we have a gentlemen's agreement that i can leave."
I agree about the recent history, but I think a good agent would want to protect Hugo's interests and would realise that we as a club have played CL football just once in the history of this modern format so the club can promise all they want about wanting to improve and join the elite blah blah blah, but I'd want a get out clause for my client if he decides in one or two years that that lack of CL action is something he no longer wishes to put up with.
I would insist on a figure that is the market rate and fair to the club and player. That's what negotiating is all about. It might be anywhere between my 20 mill and your 30 mill, but as his agent I wouldnt have had my client sign that contract without an agreed sum that's for sure.
I don't know about the 30 mill.......there might be an agreed sum in the contract that allows Hugo to leave if we don't qualify for the CL. A compromise, maybe 20 mill. If I was Hugo's agent I would have insisted on something like this if Spurs wanted me to sign a new deal after all that has gone on in the last couple of years.
Great news from the clubs point of view. I don't understand why a 27 year old who must be regarded as one of the best in Europe would sign a deal for 5 years with a club whose CL qualifying chances are slim though?? I'm being realistic here btw.