NerdyBlade
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Any chance we can just announce him now and let them sort them after?I expect the delay is Archer agreeing terms with Villa in respect to whether Villa exercises the buyback option. With a buyback clause, Archer has no choice but to join Villa. His agent will be negotiating salary in the event of different scenarios e..g. Archer scores 4 goals and is crap for Blades and gets relegated then a salary of 20k a week. But if Archer scores 15 goals, gets an England call up, and keeps Blades in the PL and Villa exercise their option to purchase him then a salary of 100k a week. These negotiations took over a week between Ramsey's agent and Villa after Burnley had announced they had agreed a deal with Villa.