I'm talking about outrageous release clauses being used to lock players down, in theory they are not a bad thing, but in practise they are too easy to abuse. Yes it looks great when they sign and everything is rosy, but it wont be long before this starts causing headaches amongst players imo. Something very unsavory about it. Nothing as sad as an unhappy player who cant leave because of a ridiculous release clause, pricing the clause into the stratosphere is just wrong for the player.
I don't agree with them one bit, period. Spanish legal requirement or not...too easy for a club to do exactly what barca are doing with ter stegen. "oh well we have you under lock and key, get over it mate, or pay the exorbitant fee we have contracted you to".
I understand this is to protect the financial outlay of the owning club, but its going into ridiculous territory, and as i said, is far too easy to abuse on the back of a simple pay increase. Look at pogba as another example, IF he commits to the rags he will no doubt have a release clause of something crazy like £500m, and pretty much screw his chances of going to his dream club in the future, especially if he plays well.
Just set it at what you paid, or if they have improved since you signed them, then proportionately increased. But ter stegen 67 mil? PLeaaaaase...