by YorkshireRoyal99 »
22 Mar 2022 16:02
Snowflake Royal YorkshireRoyal99 Mr Angry
Because he would have simply turned the offer down; his agent would have told him that PL clubs would be definitely after him and he would get a bigger signing on fee if he kept on the same contract at Reading.
And lets face it, Olise isn't likely to stay at Palace for too long either; another season, 2 at most and then he will be gone to a top 4 PL club or a top European club
There was no guarantee of that though. Yes, it may have been "obvious" to some, but what happens if it didn't work out for him with us? His attitude let him down, a crippling injury etc. No players don't want to be contracted to a club and I doubt at the age of 16/17 he would have had anything lined up for a PL move or anything like that.
I know it's contradictory to my original point about how anyone in football would have known he would make it, but I was basing that off the ability he possesses, whereas an unfortunate circumstance, such as an injury, may have prevented that from happening. I can't imagine he would have turned a contract offer down to improve him in the immediate future and improve the club in the long term either. If he was going to be good enough to get his move, someone would have paid the money for him and we would have sold.
Players don't think that way. And agents certainly don't. They're all about maximising short term revenue through big signings.
If it hadn't worked out here, he'd have backed himself to get another club for it to work out there.
Yes but there never was a "big signing" in the pipeline when he was 16 or 17. He only broke into the first team squad about 2 years ago and obviously flourished last season.
If we were so sure of his potential at a young age, be it 16/17, his first professional contract should have been one that lasted for 4/5 years. Like I say, if he was good enough (he was), he'd have got his move anyway. A 4-5 year deal doesn't mean he's staying at our club for that period of time, but it's maximising what we could get for him whilst providing stability knowing his developing years were going to be at a good club, performing at a good level all things considered with potential to move higher. It's not as if we've ever stopped players moving before, we are part of the food chain, we are a stepping stone club for players.
I know that doesn't exactly relate to his release clause, but again, performance-related bonuses exist. After 5 league games, his wage moves from £2.5k to £3.3k whilst his release clause moves from £8m to £9.5m. After 25 league games, £3.3k to £5k, release clause to £11m etc. It's not impossible to do so by any stretch of the imagination, but our misuse in the transfer market and spending probably left us in a situation where we couldn't even do this with players.
Paunovic mentioned this himself last summer, the club should not be in a situation, with Richards' and Olise's contract's, again. That, to me anyway, says that the club didn't do something right previously with either player.