Find 2-3 million here for Matondo completely ok, you should generally be happy that you can get rid of him without paying ne severance pay what some dream of 5-6 million for Rabbi is really awesome
Just as you dismiss a requirement of 5-6 as completely unrealistic, your statement that one can be happy to get rid of him without severance pay is completely beside the point. Actually even further.
It may not be planned for him at Schalke and he may not have a future there, but he is still a young and talented player who performed well in Belgium last season. I see no reason at all to give away the player and certainly not to pay a severance payment. How do you come up with something like that?
I think 3 million should be put on the table here.
The severance payment is paid to the player (if he waives his salary) and not to the club. Therefore, there are quite often transfers against a fee where the player still gets a severance payment.
I don’t quite understand why you thought you enlightened me on what severance pay is. I know very well what that is and I am also aware that it goes to the player and not to the club. After all, you have a contract with the player and not with interested clubs.
However, I strongly doubted that the payment of severance pay was necessary in Matondo’s case. I can’t really imagine that he really earns over 3 million, but even if he does, there will still be a club that pays enough to convince him to move. According to the rumor mill, 9 clubs are/were interested
A severance payment to players is usually paid when a player earns a lot but has not performed well for a long time. Interest from other clubs is then not excluded, but due to the poor performance, a significantly lower salary is offered. Here it can make sense for the releasing club to make the change palatable to the player with a sum X.
Matondo is a sought-after player with a lot of potential who is at the beginning of his career. I’m pretty sure there was no severance pay here.