Jeremy Monga

[Ric Flair]

10 hours ago, st albans fox said:

if it’s true then it was put in there to convince him to sign - to ensure the club received a fee, 

if you were his agent, would you have allowed a relegation clause to be inserted ?  If you did then you’d also request a much reduced release clause to compensate. This was a deal that suited both parties. guaranteed Monga £4m over two years and the club a transfer fee. 
 

 

This is where it's balanced because if the pro deal in principle is not legally binding then he'd have had to notify the club he was leaving before end of May and that is in essence a transfer request and the player and agent then waive any loyalty bonus but the fee at tribunal would likely be way less than what we'd be ear marking.

 

I suspect you're right that there'll be some annoying negotiation to reflect what we'd promised as much as the commitment he'd made on this pro deal in principle.

[st albans fox]

24 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

This is where it's balanced because if the pro deal in principle is not legally binding then he'd have had to notify the club he was leaving before end of May and that is in essence a transfer request and the player and agent then waive any loyalty bonus but the fee at tribunal would likely be way less than what we'd be ear marking.

 

I suspect you're right that there'll be some annoying negotiation to reflect what we'd promised as much as the commitment he'd made on this pro deal in principle.

loyalty bonus wouldn’t be of any noteworthy value 

 

I think the scholar-pro contract must have been binding or it wouldn’t be worth signing for either party. Dowman did the same at Arsenal. 
 

as I commented earlier, our current position compromises the fee we can command via salary expectations elsewhere.  If we hadn’t been relegated then we’d be able to argue that we can afford to pay him and he’d have to decide if he was going to chase the money at a club like yanited who do pay that kind of salary to 17 y o. 

 

 

[coolhandfox]

People need to stop jumping at every tweet and post, best to just wait and see.

 

If he stays great, if he goes get a much as possible.

 

[davieG]

Heskey said: "It's very tough for a young kid when clubs like that come calling. As a young player, you always think you're confident enough to deal with anything, but it's not easy.

"He's 17 this summer, so that means he is going to be on a second year scholarship. Really, he should be concentrating on that and getting some actual football under his belt. There's a big conversation about him moving, but he hasn't really played loads of senior minutes yet. You want these young players to play continuous football.

Arsenal are interested in Jeremy Monga this summer. (Image: Stephen White - CameraSport, CameraSport via Getty Images)

"If he goes to United, is he going straight into their first team? If he goes to Arsenal, is he going to play for sure? No. These kids honestly need first team football.

"He is a very, very good player, but he needs to be pushed, he needs to be challenged, and he needs to experience the real pressures of going up against adult professionals week in, week out."

[Ric Flair]

41 minutes ago, davieG said:

Heskey said: "It's very tough for a young kid when clubs like that come calling. As a young player, you always think you're confident enough to deal with anything, but it's not easy.

"He's 17 this summer, so that means he is going to be on a second year scholarship. Really, he should be concentrating on that and getting some actual football under his belt. There's a big conversation about him moving, but he hasn't really played loads of senior minutes yet. You want these young players to play continuous football.

Arsenal are interested in Jeremy Monga this summer. (Image: Stephen White - CameraSport, CameraSport via Getty Images)

"If he goes to United, is he going straight into their first team? If he goes to Arsenal, is he going to play for sure? No. These kids honestly need first team football.

"He is a very, very good player, but he needs to be pushed, he needs to be challenged, and he needs to experience the real pressures of going up against adult professionals week in, week out."

Emile, all your sons are in Manchester City's academy 😂