Steesafc
Striker
Of course AN wanted it in
Meant if a better offer came in there would be nothing stopping him from taking it - whether it was Bet365 City or Saudi United or whoever
SAFC Board’s job was to negotiate that term out of his contract so we have some stability
Obviously they were not prepared to pay the price AN wanted so what happened next was almost inevitable after they saw how much better AN had Sunderland playing than Stoke
Bear in mind FFP stops Stoke strengthening by poaching our players - we left the door wide open for them to do something arguably more effective and poach our manager
Club is being badly run
You can't negotiate something out of the terms if the person you're negotiating with considers that term to be non-negotiable.