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Pre-contracts

Poll Poll If the 'Big 4' sign pre-contracts, do they play after Jan?

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Question?

Do we actually know any players have signed Pre Contracts?
Or is this thread just speculation?
 
According to this article, failing a medical would not invalidate a pre-contract, because "Article 18(4) of FIFA’s Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players 2012 prevents the validity of a contract between a player and a club being 'subject to a successful medical examination and/or the grant of a work permit'."

However, how binding a pre-contract is ultimately depends on its contents - Fifa considers "a pre-contract is binding if it contains essential terms such as the duration of the contract, remuneration and additional benefits".

The Enforceability of Pre-Contracts in Football
 
California_PNE said:
They play, and play regularly without fear as we desperately need them.
Reinvestment of funds isn't a given at our club is it, let's not kid ourselves for a moment. So not getting £xM for me as a supporter is irrelevant really, it's not like we are fully invested in the development of our individually talented players with a clear reward of sell-on funds being released for reinvestment. So I've always wanted the best players playing for pne for as long as possible as I would rather watch them in a north end shirt than take some false glow from knowing we got a few mil then yet again watch in pure desperation as reinvestment or clear strategy is not forthcoming.

Them going for nothing is not a problem from a pure supporting the football team perspective, it is a problem from a club management and leadership perspective for which a monumental fuck up has occurred.

My fear is that the Scottish giants, cause for all the mocking of that league they are when compared to us in the championship, won't be just happy with picking off our best talent for fuck all but they'll need someone who knows that core well also and maybe they'll want a new manager at some point in the future too.
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Don't think there's much danger of that anytime soon. Can't see Gerrard going anywhere until a job at a top 6 club down here becomes available, or a similar job in Europe and if Celtic appointed Alex Neil there'd be absolute uproar.
 
pne99 said:
Don't think there's much danger of that anytime soon. Can't see Gerrard going anywhere until a job at a top 6 club down here becomes available, or a similar job in Europe and if Celtic appointed Alex Neil there'd be absolute uproar.
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Gerrard will probably stay at Rangers until Jurgen Klopp leaves Liverpool.
 
pne99 said:
Don't think there's much danger of that anytime soon. Can't see Gerrard going anywhere until a job at a top 6 club down here becomes available, or a similar job in Europe and if Celtic appointed Alex Neil there'd be absolute uproar.
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My ideal scenario, totally wishful thinking, is Lennon gets potted > Neil gets appointed (and gets the ten in a row) > we get Bilic.

Wishful thinking as I said!!

As for the four or five OoCs, I'd want us to bust a gut to keep Pearo and DJ. Don't understand the love in with Davies, Browne flatters to deceive (as does Davies for that matter) and always has , Fisher can flop off - biggest shithouser we've had since Paul Rayner and I fucking hated him!!
 
No such thing as the big 4. Its terminology like this that gives the modern day footballer an ego problem. Something we don't want now or ever.
 
Maybe we should make players sign a pre-contract contract, which stipulates if they sign a pre-contract with another club then start to play shit for us, we don't have to pay them any wages. That'd soon put them off signing a pre-contract then playing shit.
 
SlaminSam said:
No such thing as the big 4. Its terminology like this that gives the modern day footballer an ego problem. Something we don't want now or ever.
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I think Sam that we have about a dozen OoC and B4 is just a quick way of identifying the 4 we possibly would wish to keep, but you are probably right, they have big enough ego’s has it is.
 
Sedge_Fan said:
What kind of message does that send out to lads who are committed to playing for Preston North End and have signed contracts that say as much?

For me, if any player does sign a precontract, we should be contacting said club and taking what is offer for them to go now rather than wait. If we can get £2-3m combined for DJ/Pearo, that'd more than pay for Whiteman
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It would, but it won't be reinvested.
 
Interesting to note Kilmarnock manager stance on not playing a player (brophy) again this season as he has signed a pre contract with another club. Seems it might force a deal to be done sooner
 
I read on the forum earlier that one of our ITK'ers was very confident that Browne would be signing his contract.....

If we could keep Pearo and Brownie then i would be happy with our business ( assuming that we get Whiteman )

We will need a Centre Back though to replace BD
 
Tugg Speedman said:
It would, but it won't be reinvested.
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If a bid has already been received from us, which is closer to Donny's valuation than that offered by Barnsley in the summer, then it shows money has been made available by the owner. This is turning into the best January than I can remember regarding incomings and it could get even better.
 
pthnorthender said:
If a bid has already been received from us, which is closer to Donny's valuation than that offered by Barnsley in the summer, then it shows money has been made available by the owner. This is turning into the best January than I can remember regarding incomings and it could get even better.
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Have you actually signed anyone ?
are you not going to be looking for replacements in the next transfer window ? . I can’t understand how fans of some clubs can be happy when all they’ve done is borrow a few players that have to go back.
 
NIGHTMARE said:
Have you actually signed anyone ?
are you not going to be looking for replacements in the next transfer window ? . I can’t understand how fans of some clubs can be happy when all they’ve done is borrow a few players that have to go back.
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3 loans for now, but Whiteman seems likely.
 
NIGHTMARE said:
Have you actually signed anyone ?
are you not going to be looking for replacements in the next transfer window ? . I can’t understand how fans of some clubs can be happy when all they’ve done is borrow a few players that have to go back.
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NIGHTMARE said:
I’d be gutted if we just went short term all the time, surely you want your to club to be build for the future and get stronger in every window ?. How can you be happy with what you’re doing.
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It’s not often we use the loans, so it’s pretty new to us, but we may look at buying one of them at the end of the season. The goalkeeper one was somewhat forced on us.
 
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