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While release clauses are not all that frequent at Manchester United – or in the English Premier League as a whole – the same cannot be said of Spain’s La Liga. Due to Spanish employment laws, as laid out by Forbes, everyone must have the right to pursue a change of vocation or location freely. This also applies to footballers, and goes some way to explaining why Paris Saint-Germain were able to snatch Neymar from under Barcelona’s nose back in 2017. It also helps explain why Barca included a release clause in excess of £400 million in the much-coveted Pau Cubarsi’s deal, ensuring that history…

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