3% cap as of January 1
edit: 3% was the draft. Limiescouse has the correct numbers below.
What, you mean like tied up somewhere?
If Brighton go against what they have said and now accept new offers, we need to walk away and allow Chelsea to have him at the lower price for me. You canât frame a Transfer like that and then allow the highest bid to be matched. We should demand Caicedo make his mind up today or walk away.
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I think this all confirms they couldnât afford both Lavia and Caciedo.
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Why not? He is under contract to Brighton. Why shouldnât they run an auction?
the structure of this deal has really fucked with chelsea hasnât itâŚ
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There are rules on agent compensation going into place in October so sort of, but difficult to know how it applies to this transfer.
The agent of a player at the selling club will be capped at 10% of the fee. Note, even at that cap that is still more than most agents will get out of a deal so not sure if it would have any impact here.
The rules on intermediaries are maybe more relevant given the known confusion over his representation
Intermediaries working on behalf of the player or buying club will have their commissions limited to 10 per cent of a playerâs future annual earnings under $200,000 and at six per cent for anything above that salary for the length of the agreed contract.
So, for 5 year 150k a week deal that would put an upper limit of 2.3 million. But again itâs difficult to know if that changes anything without knowing how much anyone involves think they are getting out of this 100+ million pot
LOL, it confirms they cannot afford Adams and Caicedo.
It would be truly brilliant to see them lose out, then go back to Leeds and ask about Adams again.
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That would be my hope but I sadly feel they will get this over the line.
Cheats always prosper.
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Skimming through, but it was highest bid by midnight. Whether Brighton stick firm with the auction/structure is something else.
NOPE⌠this is not about Brighton, they are merely a pawn in this game⌠its the big boys fighting. WE probably know we not getting him, but we will make Chelsea sweat and pay every fuckin pennyâŚthe FUCKS!!!
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An Auction is where you allow everyone to submit an offer before a deadline, once the deadline hits the highest bid is the one that is successful. This is what they have tried to do.
If you then say, well Liverpool has the highest bid but if you all match it you can negotiate as well. That is not an Auction
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There are lots of rules for auctions, not all of which are sealed bid-one time. Most auctions are not run that way at all, public bids where the price goes up until there are no further bids.
Brighton could do football a favour here.
He would leave regardless, for a player whose heart is set on any club who comes along thatâs clear.
Itâs clear what this is about as the club would not have bid if he was adamant he didnât want to go.
When I bid on a painting at an auction the painting doesnt have any agency in determining whether it wants to go home with me when I âwinâ the auction.
Brighton have tried to bring clarity to the situation but it doesnt mean they have the authority to make all parties abide by their rules.
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Go fet adams as well to pive them off more 
But this one in particualar Brighton clearly framed it that he would go to the highest bidder. I understand how it works and it is their best interest to entertain more bids. But for me the way the club have been invited to bid before a deadline, Brighton should not be enteraining any other offers until Caicedo has informed us officially of his intention not to sign for us, then they go to Chelsea as the 2nd Bid.
Morally this would be how it should work based on the fact they clearly ran a timed Auction, otherwise why have we been dicking about with Lavia so long, we clearly knew this offer was going to be submitted at the deadline.
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It is a curious mentality that big club fans have, that somehow smaller clubs need to set rules that allow big clubs to take their players more efficiently, and are being âimmoralâ when they do otherwise. Brighton set a deadline for their own interests (they want some transfer window themselves), not to facilitate LFC or Chelseaâs transfer operations.
I somehow doubt they put together a bid package and took deposits like it was a spectrum auction or something.
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Youâre assuming Brighton/Caicedo/his advisors/Chelsea care about morals
Welcome to the PL jungle, where everyone goes with his own best interest. If Brighton can get ÂŁ10m more out of this deal, theyâll do it.
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