“I’m also fundamentally fighting for players who are completely committed to the club and don’t think about what follows afterwards.”
A strong statement for a sports director who in recent years has based the club’s strategy on bringing in young, promising players who can then be sold on at a high price.
Strong statement for a user who has been registered here for 10 years and yet claims not to have noticed that BVB’s strategy has clearly moved away from being a “pure training and talent development club” and that Sebastian Kehl was one of the people who helped initiate this change in strategy. 
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I wouldn’t be fundamentally against exit clauses for both of them.
Not with Adeyemi because I don’t think he’s completely indispensable – his greatest strength (namely his high speed) comes into play when the opponent really wants to win the game and push us in behind. So games like on Wednesday at Man City or in the league at/against Bayern.
As soon as we have to play the game ourselves against a defensive opponent, Adeyemi is “just” a good, but no longer an outstanding player on the field.
And these games are more common.
And with Schlotterbeck, because I’m willing to swallow this toad if he stays with us (for the time being) in return.
Of course it would be nice if Nico became the face of BVB in the next (almost) decade, but I put the probability of this future scenario at less than 50%.
And if the AK is high enough (I think 70 million upwards is outstanding), that would also give us a little planning security with regard to the budget available for the necessary replacement if Schlotterbeck leaves.