That would mean City paying £30m net to get their own player back. It says to me that they don't think they'll be signing him again and its more of a "just on the off chance" clause.
Kinda seems weird to me. Would have imagined they could have done 15m, 45m for example or 18m/48m
If I was a club needing a first choice keeper, I’d happily pay 20m for Bazunu and at 50m, there’s nothing plenty of profit to made if he’s bought back. Maybe the market just isn’t really there.
Said the same thing about Collins last season when burnley bought him for 13m, that he was very cheap and I’d be prepared to drop £20m on him if I was a club in the market for a centre half
What are the limitations on buy back clause? Does it last as long as he is at the new club or only valid during the first contract? Or is it only valid for a set number of years?
done deal , great move for him.
Is been awhile since we have had a starting premier league keeper in nets for us!
Has there even been a premier league club that executed a buy back clause?
https://www.the42.ie/gavin-bazunu-so...91587-Jun2022/
Deal worth up to 18.5 million euros with add ons,hopefully he can kick on now and he’s able to establish himself as a good premier league keeper,the goalkeeping position for Ireland would be his then in my opinion….
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
They were happy to offer him 10m+ over the next 4-5 years in wages. Instead they've been given 16m for him to get first team experience at premier league level without risk of losing him on a free and having to buy him back for more than 30m.
Ultimately 30m is nothing to city and would be an absolute bargain if he reaches his potential either way. Still a lot of work for him to do there though. It's a good move all round. Hopefully Kelleher gets one soon as well and we have 3 players playing at the top level.
Last edited by ontheotherhand; 15/06/2022 at 3:23 PM.
With Southampton's record of developing young players I couldnt think of a better move for him. Having him and Travers as 1st choice premiership goalkeepers is fantastic.
If Bazunu thrives like I think he will he will have his choice of any club anywhere in 2 years regardless of whether there is a buyback clause or not.
Best of luck to him. Takes balls to turn down a long term contract to go out and back your ability to establish yourself as first choice somewhere else when the safer option would have been sign the contract and go out on loan. He'll need all the luck he can get at Southampton though because they were awful last season and will be there or there about in next season's relegation battle.
Was Matic a buy-back when he re-signed for Chelsea?
I think Liverpool have had them in place for the likes of Solanke, Brewster, Ibe and Brad Smith but never activated any of them, although Brewster is still active this summer and next but can't see it happening since they sold him for initially for £24m and he's scored 4 goals in 46 games since then.
Hats off to the lad as well. 45k a week would have be fairly life changing. He still has to work on his composure with the ball at his feet and his decision making but he has such a good head on his shoulders I wouldn't be shocked to see him come on a few more levels in the next year. It's scary how good he might be. He'll make plenty of mistakes along the way but it's going to be exciting watching him.
21 leagues and 25 cups.
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