jones wrote:
Pretty sure Morata will have agreed to the initial buyback clause. Don't think it would've been possible to negotiate a contract about his transfer rights without his consent (unless we're talking Gestifute clients)
Yep. Morata has no say in this because he agreed to the original clause. He knows that Madrid are just activating it because they want to make a profit on the transfer. Previous rumours suggested that they were looking for £40 million from us, which is about €51 million. (This might possibly be where the new £51 million rumours come from, by the way - someone confused euros with pounds perhaps?) I think that's a pretty good fee for all involved.
On Juve's part this is good business too, I reckon. They signed him for €20 million two years ago. Real Madrid can buy him back for €30m. Juve could try to pay Madrid another €30 million or so instead to forfeit the clause, meaning they'd have spent €50 million in total on Morata... or they could just take the €30 million and make a €10 million profit on a player who clearly isn't favoured by Allegri. It's a no-brainer for them.
