83. "RE: think you mean chelsea getting him cheap" In response to In response to 81 Thu Jan-31-13 02:27 PM by all stah
no newcastle got him for cheap.....they got him off of FREE TRANSFER from west ham, and he was paid low wages( only 20,000 guaranteed, the other 20 he had to earn in each game ...by being on the field because of their knee concerns) , but the goldmine for ba was his release clause
newcastle wanted to keep him , and they were willing to pay him top wages, but he refused to drop his release clause because he wanted to go to a big team
chelsea still paid 7 million to get him ...chump change ...but newcastle paid nothing to get him from west ham.
also a lot of players have release clauses in the epl.....it's just that ba's clause was really, really low( strategically)..Fellaini's release clause is at 22million right now.