More bonuses in contracts to reflect real life negotiations

[lckyby]

Just reading an article on The Atletic about the transfer window, agents, contract negotiations and all that – https://theathletic.co.uk/1112938/2019/08/05/agents-buying-beds-for-clients-players-demanding-set-piece-bonuses-and-payment-of-divorce-bills-what-really-happens-in-the-transfer-window/

 

There's stuff like players asking for their contract to include stuff like flights home, hotels/jobs for family and other bits like that, but this bit about bonuses is interesting – assists, team-wide set piece bonuses, early season bonuses. Could be interesting to add.

 

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On the field, clauses and requests are becoming more peculiar. Traditionally, centre forwards would benefit from generous goal bonuses but, increasingly, players in different positions have sensed opportunity. Clubs in the top four divisions of English football now frequently include assist bonuses for playmakers and wingers.

“It does not stop there,” says one agent. “We got set-piece bonuses added into a contract recently, which means the entire team get a bonus when someone scores from a corner, because so many players are involved in making decoy runs and finding space for team-mates. Why should only a striker get the bonus?

“There’s more. A lot of clubs do big early seasons bonuses. They will triple individual bonuses for the first six weeks of the season. This will be for winning games, scoring goals, creating goals, clean sheets, the works. Clubs know that a fast start defines the season so it makes sense to further inspire the players.”

 

Also this kind of thing in transfers to discourage the buying club from going on to sell the player to your rivals.

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Other clauses are more mischievous, particularly between rival clubs. When Manchester City sold teenage sensation Brahim Diaz to Real Madrid in January, they inserted a clause in the deal that ensures they receive 15% of any future transfer fee. Yet should Real Madrid sell to Manchester United, an additional clause insists City must receive 40% of the transfer. This practice is common in Portugal, between rivals such as Benfica, Porto and Sporting Lisbon. “It is all about mischief and in case you end up with egg on your face when a player signs for your fiercest rival down the line,” one director concludes.

 

[Jimmy Wong]

Reviewed so locked.