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How DID that 9m come to be?
I thought for a minute I was going to have to type "I may have said too much" but, luckily, The Guardian have it covered in a manner which I believe to be correct (
@Toffeelover, note the use of "believe" to cover my arse in true fence sitting style )
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/01/everton-sign-ramiro-funes-mori-river-plate
Roberto Martínez said Ramiro Funes Mori represented “value and ambition” after
Everton paid an increased £9.5m fee for the Argentina defender but failed to land the playmaker and striker their manager wanted before the transfer deadline.
Funes Mori became the most expensive defender in Everton’s history after joining from River Plate, Argentina’s Copa Libertadores’ champions, on a five-year contract. He was the first of two transfers at Goodison Park on deadline day, with
Aaron Lennon rejoining the club where he spent a successful loan spell last season for a fee believed to be £4.5m from Tottenham Hotspur.
Everton had expected to pay £6.25m for Funes Mori, who has been capped once by Argentina and has been named in their squad for the international against Bolivia on Friday. That sum comprised a £5m transfer fee for River Plate plus a 24% tax levy due to the Argentinian football federation. However, it emerged the 24-year-old was also entitled to 50% of any transfer fee under the terms of his contract with
River Plate. Everton covered that cost rather than risk the deal collapsing late in the window with no alternative in place.