Portugal and Spain have release clauses for legal and taxation reasons. Lameries had a 50m clause. However players and agents can negotiate a termination clause within the contract which is the lower amount
There are suggestions it was mutually agreed to lower it - the point is that no one actually knows
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-liverpool-viktor-gyokeres-clause-35092831
It seems that the summer sees far more crossings - 1,200 on Saturday alone so it’s likely to be similar this year
Starmers new relationship with France is doing nothing - the police just stood and watched the boats leave