Diego Costa

[MGuerreiro 252]

http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/laliga/id/1346?cc=5901

If a player in La Liga wants to leave without his employers being able to stop him and his "cláusula de rescisión" is within the realms of acceptability, the only barrier is that it should be him, and not the club he wants to join, who pays it.

Not a day goes by without my being asked about the accessibility of Diego Costa or Koke's respective buyout clauses.

But here's the rub. Given that it must be the player who pays the (let's say) 50 million euros to the Liga offices, who then devolve it to the club he's leaving, and that most players don't have seven figures in cash just lying around, it's usually the "buying" club that stumps up the money.

If they transfer that to the player so he can pay for his freedom, the Spanish authorities will deem that tax should be generated on the movement of that money. Which type of tax, and how much (potentially anywhere from 21 to 45 percent), will be dictated by a number of factors that I, decidedly not an accounting or legal specialist, decline to try to explain.

However, let's say that the buyout clause of Herrera is 35 million euros and there's 25 percent tax on it; the real fee will be 43.75 million euros. When a Spanish club deal is taking place and a player determinedly wants to go but the outfit he belongs to doesn't want to sell, then what often happens is a wee "scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours" arrangement.

Thanks man, had no idea about this.

[Toli 977]

In most cases though, the clubs find an agreement. Instead of 32 mio pounds, lets say they make it 31.999999 or they are paying just more like Bayern did with Thagio. so the release clause isnt really activated. I think we will be able to find an agreement with Atletico, unless any club offers more. especially as we have a good relationship with them.

[duo11bluecl 207]

The backlash from that would be much worse than overspending.

Essentially that would in a sense be illegal as well, if it was allowed we could spend like 100m every year on players as Roman would just give players money and effectively players start to buy themselves out of their club. We would effectively be spending 0 every year.

Never gonna happen

[didierforever 7,349]

probably broke his foot hitting the post but ended up scoring the goal. if only we had someone like this.

[Stats 7,059]

Just suffered a horrible injury. Hope it is not a break but did look bad. But with the gash I reckon he is a certainty or possibility to miss the first leg if not both games. Hope it is not as bad as feared.

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

Not sure what to make of it if it is a bad injury, yeah great he misses the CL games, but if we're after him it's very bad.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Haven't seen the replay. Is it bad?

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

Looks broken and bad....

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

Hairline fracture apparently, although it seems too soon for anything definite.

[Jype 6,398]

Feel bad for the guy, if it's broken he will miss not only the deciding match in the La Liga and the Champions League but also his first ever World Cup, not to mention also probably being denied the chance to get a big transfer this summer.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Let's hope there's nothing broken there.The part above the gash looks like cut skin as opposed to bones sticking out.

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

https://vine.co/v/MJ5FA1vLFFm

[RVNDXM 23]

Could it be a fleshwound perhaps? I'm not keen about signing him however, but would be sad to see another good striker missing the World Cup.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Bad...

[duo11bluecl 207]

Think he is out for 3-6 months, therefore ending any chance of joining us

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Our striker curse knows no boundaries.

[Mr_President 404]

Shit, looks horrible. Sucks for him and Spain for the WC too.