They have to give him a release clause. No one will pay £1b on a player, at least not for a while.
If anything it shows they have learned from the Neymar situation.
Always wondered why they weren’t always so unattainable to be fair. You see some of the release clauses at Real and Barca and they’ve always been high, too high for certain players, but doable. Like Neymar.
Bang it to £1b and allows them to accept a lower fee below that if they want to. Agree with you, shows they’ve learned their lesson. I think Pedri was given a £1b clause this week too.