Anyone seen this site before? Learned about it after reading an article in the Guardian on Real Madrid having a buyback clause for Ozil (http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jan/25/real-madrid-mesut-ozil-arsenal-buy-back-deal).
An article about the web site itself:
-- http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/football/article4673478.ece
Anyway, I looked up Liverpool in the site, and the only deal I can find is the one for Ilori's transfer. Pretty interesting terms, if the document is real. Main things (if I read correctly):
-- Transfer fee: 4.8m euros
-- Add-ons: 1.5m euros (max), being: 500K euros per 15 matches Ilori plays for us in the league, FA Cup, League Cup, EL or CL
-- Sell-on clause: 25% of transfer fee payable to Sporting Lisbon if we sell Ilori to anyone for more than the transfer fee we paid Sporting Lisbon for him (i.e. if we sell him for more than 4.8m euros, they get 25% of the transfer fee)
-- "Buyback" clause: we have to notify Sporting Lisbon if we receive an acceptable offer for Ilori; Sporting Lisbon then has a 2-business day window to match the offer (minus 25% of the offer price if it's over 4.8m euros)
-- "Lockout" clause: we are not allowed to sell Ilori to any of Benfica, Porto or Braga before 10th Sep 2018 unless the transfer fee offered by any of them to us is at least 60m euros (hahahahaha). If a ludicrous offer of such value or higher (hahahahahahaha) is received, then Sporting Lisbon is entitled to 50% of the fee (instead of 25%). After 10th Sep 2018, this clause doesn't apply and we can sell to anyone (the buyback clause still applies).
Link to the document: https://footballleaks2015.wordpress.com/2015/12/03/tiago-ilori-sporting-liverpool/
So if this document is real, then the fees we paid are £3.6m rising to £4.8m.
An article about the web site itself:
-- http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/football/article4673478.ece
Anyway, I looked up Liverpool in the site, and the only deal I can find is the one for Ilori's transfer. Pretty interesting terms, if the document is real. Main things (if I read correctly):
-- Transfer fee: 4.8m euros
-- Add-ons: 1.5m euros (max), being: 500K euros per 15 matches Ilori plays for us in the league, FA Cup, League Cup, EL or CL
-- Sell-on clause: 25% of transfer fee payable to Sporting Lisbon if we sell Ilori to anyone for more than the transfer fee we paid Sporting Lisbon for him (i.e. if we sell him for more than 4.8m euros, they get 25% of the transfer fee)
-- "Buyback" clause: we have to notify Sporting Lisbon if we receive an acceptable offer for Ilori; Sporting Lisbon then has a 2-business day window to match the offer (minus 25% of the offer price if it's over 4.8m euros)
-- "Lockout" clause: we are not allowed to sell Ilori to any of Benfica, Porto or Braga before 10th Sep 2018 unless the transfer fee offered by any of them to us is at least 60m euros (hahahahaha). If a ludicrous offer of such value or higher (hahahahahahaha) is received, then Sporting Lisbon is entitled to 50% of the fee (instead of 25%). After 10th Sep 2018, this clause doesn't apply and we can sell to anyone (the buyback clause still applies).
Link to the document: https://footballleaks2015.wordpress.com/2015/12/03/tiago-ilori-sporting-liverpool/
So if this document is real, then the fees we paid are £3.6m rising to £4.8m.
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