We won’t know until he’s sold what the release clause value is (or if there is one), but it makes sense that there would be one. Logically, a guy that’s wanted to leave for 2+ years signing a 1 year extension is not a guy committing his long term future to the club. We’d love it to be, but it isn’t. So a release clause makes sense, or simply just us preserving his value ahead of next summer. But I really don’t think his desire to leave has gone away. The new deal will either be to make it easier for him to leave (a reasonable release clause), or it will be for City’s benefit in terms of not seeing his value deteriorate too much. There’ll be an understanding between both parties that this is not to block his departure or put an end to it. That’s just common sense imo. Nothing wrong with it either, we know Bernardo is able to forget about his future when he’s on the pitch and will always give everything he has.