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Vini Jr. signed an extension with RM until 2026. He gets a raise in salary to become one of their highest paid players and his release clause is now set at 1 billion Euros.

Someone educate me here. I get that the release clause is somewhat symbolic but a billion? Like it’s Real and Neymar was 225/250?
 

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Someone educate me here. I get that the release clause is somewhat symbolic but a billion? Like it’s Real and Neymar was 225/250?
Clubs do it to protect themselves. Barça didn’t think anybody would trigger Neymar’s release clause and then PSG came knocking. By setting the release clause at such an astronomical number the odds go down of any club actually paying it.

Those types of high dollar release clauses are becoming more normal in La Liga. Recently Barça signed a couple of their young stars to deals with Billion Euro release clauses as well.
 

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Someone educate me here. I get that the release clause is somewhat symbolic but a billion? Like it’s Real and Neymar was 225/250?
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Lol I know what they are but a billion seems like overkill. Doesn’t seem like many clubs could even get to 250 and Real is one of them.

Might be over thinking it and it’s just purely symbolic of said player being untouchable
 
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