Hope you are aware that what you have just quoted is in support of my argument.

Thought the mighty Man U demystified that less than 2wks ago.

Lol. You realize De Gea had already signed contract papers with Real, no? But he blamed Real for not making the deal happen.

@Mwenza edited his post where he had indicated that a buy-out clause is the business of the club and not the agent/player....my post was in reference to that. Hiyo ingine which is basically what i've pointed out ameongeza baadaye.

Btw If the amount stipulated in the release clause is triggered, the club would be forced to sell. What happened in Suarez's case was that the contractual provision in his contract with Liverpool was a ‘good faith’ release clause rather than an automatic release clause which means the parties are required to negotiate in good faith once a bid has been made....L'pool decided not to sell.

There is a huge difference between a "release clause" and a " buy-out clause" in a contract so do not confuse or interchange the two. Terminating a contract via a buy-out clause is not as simplistic as you seem to be imagining.

As I pointed out some time back, there is no template for a contract and that's why every contract has to be negotiated as an independent entity. Each clause of a contract comes with specificic conditions. Therefore, unless one is privy to the entire contract details, its superfluous to guess the details.

Finally, you can not purport to interpret a contract by reading a single clause in isolation.