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We don't know if he would say no to a termination. All we do seem to know is that he wants to wind down his contract and be a free agent.I think its the exact opposite, he knows he won't get a contract anywhere near what he has now.
No chance in hell he agrees to termination now, we cant just 'cancel' it without his agreement and there would be huge tax implications to termination (for us 'normal' people it would be the first 30k tax free then everything over taxed in full at whatever your tax rate is. Any tax avoidance schemes he is using would also be null and void, so he will potentially lose hundreds of thousands over just sitting out his contract)
Then there's the issue he can't be registered for another club after today, so noone will sign him, meaning he loses access to training facilities and medical staff.
It's easy to say just release him, but it's just simply not possible unless he is planning to retire or suchlike making most of the above moot.
If it was terminated today, for example, then I imagine he'd then be able to sign for another club at any time?
What is frustrating is that we must have known for quite some time that he isn't in our plans and as such more effort should have been made to move him on any way possible.