By Ewan Murray Transfers have almost become a sport of their own within modern football. With every transfer window comes the winners and the losers, the coups and the flops. The fanfare and the money spent is exponentially rising with each passing season and good recruitment and negotiation skills are essential to on-field success. Contracts have also become more complicated, with more intricate bonuses and significantly steeper wages. However, one thing that remains fairly simple is the concept of the release clause. Let’s take a closer look at what release clauses are and how they are activ…