Jasondh said:
There is a clause I've read about that states if a senior player who is fully fit is not played even though available after a period of time he gets to leave on a free.
I want to specifically address this as it's important.
There is a FIFA ruling known as Article 15 that states that any player who has not appeared in 10% of the games that he is eligible for has the option to walk in a summer transfer period.
This 10% though, is taken over the lifespan of his contract. Tevez will hit nowhere near this even if he doesn't play for City ever again.
The much more pressing concern from us is the Webster Ruling, which says that any player under 28 who has a contract signed more than 3 years ago will be eligible to leave for a small compensation dependent on future wages/earnings. If my timing is right, he SHOULD be able to take advantage of this in the summer shouldn't he? If we take his wages at £200k per week and he'll have two years on his deal, it will only personally cost him £21 million to buy his contract out.
I think that only happens if you have been at a club long term..
eg. a few years ago there was talk of Richard Dunne buying out his contract when he was looking to leave City..
:)