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"The EA buyout is the largest buy-back in Wall Street history and ought to really turbo-charge EA for future growth with the capital it will deliver," he said.

Manchester City, for example, had a buy-back clause for Trafford and the player held a strong desire to return there.

City had a buy-back clause for Trafford and also matching rights, allowing them to match any offer from another club.

Manchester City insert buy-back clauses when they sell players yet tend not to activate them when those academy products move on.

Manchester City had a buy-back option after selling Delap for £20m last summer, but opted not to use it.