01 Jan 2019 10:59:35
Just been talking to an old friend of mine and he reckons that United will activate Toby Alderweireld's £25 million buy out clause within the next week. Also he mentioned that we could go in for Josh King, don't know how true this is just thought I'd share.

1.) 01 Jan 2019
01 Jan 2019 11:36:30
Isn't Alderweireld's release clause only active in the summer? He would be a brilliant signing but I'd imagine we'd still need to offer way over the £25m this month to even have a chance.

Plus I doubt Levy will be willing to sell to us based on the likelihood we will go for Poch in the summer as well. As the Ed said in the sharkopod, they should have sold Alderweireld last summer.

2.) 01 Jan 2019
01 Jan 2019 12:04:58
Your a fake there's only one beast.

3.) 01 Jan 2019
01 Jan 2019 11:57:26
You might be right with it activating in the summer, also I always thought if a club activated a buy out clause the selling club a powerless to do anything about it? Can any of the Ed’s help with that one?

{Ed002's Note - You seem to be making up a lot of terms which are meaningless - I have no idea what "activated a buy out clause" means. You would do best to avoid all thoughts that you and your chums have about clauses.}

4.) 01 Jan 2019
01 Jan 2019 12:25:33
Also I think if Alderweireld becomes available for £25m then Real Madrid might swoop in for him. If Sergio Ramos moves on in the summer (which is a possibility as per the sharkopod) then Toby would be a decent shout to replace him and Real have been mentioned previously as being interested in acquiring the services of TA. And I think both Spurs and the player would choose them over Utd.

I think we need to look past Toby, the time and opportunity to sign him has gone I think.

5.) 01 Jan 2019
01 Jan 2019 12:20:30
Ed 002 I was only wondering if a club paid a buy out clause in a players contract from another club, does the other club have to sell?, thanks for your time 😊.

{Ed002's Note - A club cannot pay a "buy out" clause. You need to change your thoughts about clauses as I have said - I think you misunderstand them.}

6.) 01 Jan 2019
01 Jan 2019 12:34:11
Cheers Ed 002, I’ve clearly got mixed up pal, thanks for the help and great website!

{Ed002's Note - Thanks.}

7.) 01 Jan 2019
01 Jan 2019 12:58:44
I think his clause was applicable in the summer.
As for a buy out clause, the player has to buy himself out of his contract.

8.) 01 Jan 2019
01 Jan 2019 13:36:26
Cheers for the clear up Mad Hatter!, do you think we’ll get anyone in, in January or wait until the summer?

9.) 01 Jan 2019
01 Jan 2019 14:17:04
I think all of us fans would love Koulibaly, but its unlikely.

10.) 01 Jan 2019
01 Jan 2019 14:34:12
Ed02 - what about Santa Clause? Can we talk about this clause as it has just been Christmas :)

11.) 01 Jan 2019
01 Jan 2019 15:36:41
Koulibaly is a collosus as he stands at 6 foot 5 in. He will easily dominate in the air. Additionally his ball playing ability out of the back is really impressive.

12.) 01 Jan 2019
01 Jan 2019 16:01:59
Easily dominate in the air based on his height?

Have you seen lukaku try to win a header?

13.) 01 Jan 2019
01 Jan 2019 18:28:15
Koulibaly would be fantastic. But Mike SMalling is 6ft 5, doesn't win a lot in the air - Smalling has no upper body strength either - being tackled by him must be like being hit over the head with a cotton bud by a dwarf with brittle bone disease.

{Ed0333's Note - Smalling makes tackles?

14.) 01 Jan 2019
01 Jan 2019 19:12:25
The one thing smalling can actually do is win a lot of headers.

15.) 01 Jan 2019
01 Jan 2019 16:03:16
Hello guys, Happy New Year, am Jay from DC. I believe there is a difference between a buy out clause and a release clause. ln a buy out clause the player is able to buy out the remaining his contract if it was agreed on the original contract, this is not very common in England. The released clause is the non-negotiable amount of money set by a club for the price of the player. is pretty much the case of Ander Herrera Agüer and Neymar, Herrera buy himself out of the contract and PSG activated the release clause of Neymar so Baca could not stop Neymar from leaving. Please this just my understanding of the difference between the two. Greetings to all the guys in the house especially Ed2 and Ed1.

16.) 01 Jan 2019
01 Jan 2019 19:45:52
Smalling doesn’t win headers? I know people have blinkers about certain players and can’t see anything god that they do but genuinely can’t remember the last time smalling didn’t win a header, he’s great in the air, that has never been his issue.

17.) 01 Jan 2019
01 Jan 2019 23:42:44
TRD,

I agree, everything we need to our defence.

18.) 02 Jan 2019
02 Jan 2019 09:23:53
Isn't smalling 6tf4? :P.

19.) 02 Jan 2019
02 Jan 2019 18:48:00
Smalling is good in the air from open play but not at set pieces.
He gets bullied or fouls his opponent too often var will nail him unless he changes.

20.) 03 Jan 2019
03 Jan 2019 15:47:47
abajea Neymar had a termination clause in his contract not a release clause I think. If it was a release clause then PSG wouldn't have been able to trigger it since they aren't in the same country/ region as Barcelona or that is what I understand.