otfgoon wrote:
You can't just buy a players registration and own him with the player himself having no say.
Quite. That's why transfers fall through all the time.
We might have insisted on a buyback clause at a fixed fee when Vela signed for Sociedad, but he'll still have to agree personal terms with Arsenal if we activate it. You can't hold a player's license unless you've got his signature. Not in England anyway. Maybe there are some special circumstances at play, such as Vela agreeing to a clause when he left with the specific function of transferring him back to Arsenal immediately, but I don't think that's possible. And in any event, why would he trash out details (wages, bonuses, practical arrangements) for a possible future deal three years in advance? He's worth three times the wages he used to be on right now.
