He still has a year left somewhat incredibly, so I assume there’ll be a fee of some kind… albeit probably not a very big one.
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Buy back clause?
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Do not ever buy back clause?
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I’ve got a real soft spot for Nat Phillips.
I’m really surprised he still has a contract.
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Who is this Clause? Seems like a player every club wants to buy back. Then why sell him in the first place?
Jonathan Clauss, French occasional international.
Santa
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It should close up after 4-6 months…
As a kid who did the US path he started down, he really is living our dream. Beyond anything else, it is a great story.
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Bloke is 28 now so much like Diaz, he’s probably been told we wouldn’t be extending his deal at this age.
Surprised Real or Barca haven’t been tapping him up for the last 12 months with a view to getting him on a free next summer. Fair play to him for taking control of his future now rather than waiting for one of those two to sign him next summer.
Good luck to him. No matter what else he does, he’ll always have that drag back in the San Siro. Heard AC Milan fans say he’s the best defender they’ve ever seen play in that stadium.
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Decent player but doubt we’d keep him around when we’d likely get a good fee for him.
Wish Nat well. He stood by us when he got better opportunities inspite of lack of game time. Always gave it all. Love him. Good luck lad. Hopefully you get your career back on track. We should have done this 3-4 years ago.
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Might be interesting if it would allow us to move on from both of Robertson and Tsimikas over the next ~18 months. Much more doubtful whether Beck would be interested in that given the presence of Kerkez, though.
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It’s much more of a question for the club whether he’d be good enough for our first team.
As for him, I’m almost sure he’d jump at the opportunity, even if he’d be viewed as a backup on paper. Look at the teams he’s played for in the last years, better or worse (picked or unpicked). Famalicao, Bolton, Dundee, Blackburn.
He’s got a year left if I’m not mistaken, so for me no doubt he’d accept the opportunity and challenge. Being among the first 22 Liverpool players is not comparable to any level he’s played for recently, it could also be of value for a future move.
But we’ll see.
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The only reason I’d think we would keep Beck is if both Morton and Elliot are gone and we need the homegrown player in order to sign an additional non homegrown.
£3m for Nat apparently. Not sure if true. Excellent.
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Excellent? We rejected an offer for him worth more than twice that, some time ago if I recall correctly.
This isn’t one of our finest dealings.
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