He could trigger the clause very soon the way he's playing but the clause is not in my mind or his mind.
He said it would be unwise to trigger the clause in the Lisbon treaty until next spring to allow officials to prepare their negotiating positions.
As for whether Liverpool did trigger the clause, Sherwood did not sound entirely hopeful when he said it would still be within Benteke's powers to turn it down.
Benteke will automatically be allowed to leave if anyone bids enough to trigger the clause and Sherwood is acutely aware the match against Arsenal at Wembley, when Villa will be trying to win the FA Cup for the first time since 1957, could be the striker's last appearance for the club.
It is uncertain, for instance, whether a pre-emptive restructuring would trigger the default clause in credit-default swaps.
Appraisal rights are a wholly expected outcome of a merger, and so it is hard to see how their exercise could trigger the MAC clause.
Strict conditions must be met to trigger the safeguard clause and the country's ruling coalition rejected its use only a few months ago.
Cavani will not come cheap - a fee of 50million euros (£42million) is needed to trigger the release clause in his contract with the Serie A club.
Some speculated that it suited Mr Kicillof to be seen not to have any part in a third-party deal, in order not to trigger the RUFO clause.
Talks with Fiorentina are continuing, with the Italian club indicating they will consider nothing less than the £26.8m that will trigger the buyout clause in the forward's contract.
Not Chelsea, as reported 18 months ago, not Real Madrid as repeatedly has been suggested, but Barça, which, according to Cadena Ser, had already deposited $19 million of the $76 million that would trigger the release clause in Neymar's contract with Santos.
