#release clause

A release clause is not just a number. It is a trigger with rules, timing, and paperwork that can flip a quiet summer into a sprint. Fans see “pay the clause” and assume it is automatic. Reality is messier.

Payment structure, registration windows, taxes, and whether the player actually wants the move all decide how clean the exit really is.

release clauses are close to being mandatory in la liga without explicitly being so...

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Breaking News: Chelsea target Kepa Arrizabalaga pays £71 million contract release clause

Chelsea target Kepa Arrizabalaga has paid his release clause of £71m to La Liga, which allows him to leave Athletic Bilbao and clears the way for a transfer to the Premier League.

The deal would be a world record for a goalkeeper, surpassing the fee, believed to be up to £66.8m, that Liverpool paid for Alisson in July.

Spaniard Kepa, 23, is being brought in as a replacement for Thibaut Courtois.

Courtois has not returned to training and is being linked with Real Madrid.

In Spain a player must buy himself out of his contract.

This is usually done by depositing the amount of the buyout clause with La Liga – Spain’s equivalent of the Premier League – to release the player from his contract. The league then passes the money to the selling club.

Kepa is Spain’s number two behind Manchester United’s David de Gea and has one international cap.

He has spent the past two seasons in Bilbao’s first team, making 53 La Liga appearances.

Higuain will not sign new Napoli contract – Agent

Gonzalo Higuain’s agent has insisted that he will not accept a new deal at Napoli.

The Argentina striker has two years left on his current contract, which has a €94million release clause.

Nicolas Higuain, who is the player’s agent and brother, stated that Napoli president, Aurelio De Laurentiis, will not accept a transfer lower than his clause.

He however made it clear that if the release…