"That’s despite Burns having told teammates he has a buyout clause that will allow him to leave Wellington at the end of the season for a small sum."
For gods sake. Not sure why we would put that clause in..?
Anyway, I think we can still be a decent side without Burns; as we showed in the last two games. Roly is far more important.
If he leaves at the end of the season, then so be it. We were always just going to be a stepping stone for him.
Good considerations but the flipside is that we are then a development club rather than a club that seriously contends for title honours?
Might only appeal to a certain subset of players and possibly not for other stakeholders (public, sponsors).
A-League clubs by definition are all development clubs. All top teams in the A-League constantly have players tapped up by Asian clubs.