10 Most Bizarre Contract Clauses In Football History

Oh, you think Barcelona adding a 1 billion euro release clause in
Pedri’s new contract was ridiculous? Well, you haven’t seen
anything yet. There have been much weirder and much more bizarre
contract clauses in football history and we will be bringing you
some of them in this podcast today.


When Liverpool signed Roberto Firmino from Hoffenheim and put a
98 million euro release clause in his contract, that surely was
not bizarre. But a closer look at that contract and you will see
why it was a pretty unusual one. Liverpool stated that their new
striker could be sold to any club for 98 million euros provided
that club is not Arsenal. That is to say, the Merseyside club was
willing to sell their star striker to even their neighbouring
rivals, Everton, but surely not Arsenal.


The money paid to lift Neymar from Barcelona in 2017 was not the
only shocking thing about that move. Apparently, a clause was
included in his contract that allows the Brazilian to earn
375,000 euros per month if he claps to the PSG fans at the end of
every game.


Wow. Don’t you wish you were Neymar right now and are being paid
to clap? We sure do!


Anyway, PSG came out to clear the air that their number 10
doesn’t earn that bonus for just clapping. He also had to be
polite to journalists and reporters, show up to training early,
and not bet on competitors.