Muchas gracias! :)Think the club would be pretty eager to put this one to bed if there's no substance to it. Pardew could have easily discussed/dismissed it this morning alongside his 'we can win the cup' statement. Worrying stuff. Think only one of the richer clubs could afford the risk of a £10m fee for him, bit wary of Liverpool?
It's all been made up from a speculative article from Karen Brady where she discussed a clause in his West Ham contract.
Everything else has been guesswork.
Certainly hope so. But I was thinking about this a bit last night.Ba came here on a free so that obviously puts him and his agent in a strong negotiating position. He's already seen a move collapse to Stoke earlier in his career because of the risk involved in a high transfer fee. So bearing that in mind, Ba and agent will have had to be mindful that if he plays well here which obviously he is, it'd be impossible for him to get a 'dream move' without a low release clause. Without a low release clause, a club has to meet our valuation - which would be in excess of £20m given his form. I don't think any club would take that kind of punt on him, given his supposed knee condition. A release clause would be his only ticket to one of Europe's elite, I just hope Ba+agent haven't been that astute in negotiations, but given his previous (the remarkable one at West Ham) I wouldn't be surprised at all.
