Gavin Bazunu G Southampton b.2002

[JR89]

10m seems very low to me. He has 2 years left on his deal at city which isn’t a huge amount of time, which probably knocks a few mil off the final price - but they could obviously renew and send him out on loan to the championship if they weren’t selling.

I get that the buy back clause is worth something but I don’t see why they wouldn’t prefer to sell for 15m with a 20-25m buy back if they could get it, rather than say 10m with a 15-20m buy back clause.

From Bazunu’s perspective, he’s got the choice of moving to Southampton and challenging for a jersey and hopefully breaking into the team sooner rather than later and hopefully keeping the jersey, as good as he is, he will make bad errors over 38 games and the premier league is far less forgiving than league 1 would be. Or he plays a season in the championship on loan and assesses his options in a year’s time. Might end up being about contracts - like for example, city only offering him a loan if he signs a new contract at X per week, or if he’s willing to move to Southampton permanently

Alex Crook says Bazunu supposedly turned down a new long term 45k a week contract.

[sbgawa]

Buyback is £40m apparently, so Southampton look like they're doing well out of this deal either way.

Good deal for City IMO. if Bazunu takes the jersey and is a proven success the £85m Chelsea paid for their young keeper who has not impressed subsequently will look cheap.
Although £40m is more than i thought it would be

[Eirambler]

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.

[CSAD]

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.

Except this is City and Southampton know it’s City so 25-30M isn’t much to them. It’s probably to ensure they aren’t paying 85M for him if he turns out to be as great as we have hoped.

[elatedscum]

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

[seanfhear]

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

As of yet, the premiership clubs that would surely have been looking at Collins in action last season don’t seem to have made their minds up about him yet. Time will tell I suppose.

[WexCar.]

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?

[Jd2793]

done deal , great move for him.

[elatedscum]

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?

often with these type contacts, city would have an option both after the 2nd and 3rd season to buy him back. Considering he’s so young, the contact might be longer and there could be an option after a 4th season if he signed a 5 or 6 year deal

[Diggs246]

Is been awhile since we have had a starting premier league keeper in nets for us!

[Exgrad]

Has there even been a premier league club that executed a buy back clause?

[joey B]

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….

[ontheotherhand]

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.

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.

[Razors left peg]

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.

[JR89]

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.

[elatedscum]

Has there even been a premier league club that executed a buy back clause?

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.

[ontheotherhand]

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.

[Razors left peg]

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.

He still may be making $45K at Southampton

[JR89]

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.

They had a buy back clause for £37m but bought him for £22m three years after selling him.

[ontheotherhand]

He still may be making $45K at Southampton

Hope so! He needs to keep up his Rovers season ticket.