Romelu Lukaku

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Never thought about this before, good to know though:

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/football/article4670524.ece

Exclusive: Romelu Lukaku sell-on oversight may cost Chelsea millions

Chelsea’s transfer dealings will come under renewed scrutiny after it emerged that the club did not secure a sell-on clause while negotiating Romelu Lukaku’s move to Everton two years ago.

The Belgium striker is valued at more than £60 million amid interest from Manchester United, Juventus and Real Madrid, but The Timeshas learnt that Chelsea would not receive a penny from the sale of their former player should Everton decide to cash in.

Chelsea also failed to include a sell-on clause when concluding Kevin de Bruyne’s £18 million transfer to Wolfsburg in January 2014, an oversight that cost them several million pounds as the Belgian was sold to Manchester City for £55 million 18 months later. With Lukaku also likely to be sold for a profit at some stage, Chelsea appear to have made the same mistake again. However, in mitigation, the club had made a considerable profit on both players despite their limited first-team action.

De Bruyne was signed for £7 million from Genk before being sold for a profit of £11 million two years later, while Chelsea sold Lukaku for £28 million three years after paying £18 million to Anderlecht. Both sales were negotiated by Marina Granovskaia, the club director, who retains the backing of Roman Abramovich despite the repeated oversight. The Russian is renowned as a tough negotiator, with her skills helping Chelsea to make £107 million from player sales over the past two seasons.

Sell-on clauses were the preserve of smaller clubs, but are increasingly used by the elite. Arsenal, for example, made £5.6 million from Barcelona’s sale of Cesc Fàbregas to Chelsea two years ago having included a 20 per cent sell-on clause when their captain left for the Nou Camp three years previously.

Lukaku’s sale is a sore point at Chelsea as he has scored 19 goals this season while their strikers have struggled. Diego Costa has returned to form with five goals in as many matches but he has not trained this week after bruising a tibia against Everton last weekend and is a doubt for the Barclays Premier League match away to Arsenal on Sunday, when Eden Hazard should return from a hip problem. Mesut Özil should be fit to return for Arsenal after a toe injury.
 
Coffee and TV said:
Never thought about this before, good to know though:

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/football/article4670524.ece

Exclusive: Romelu Lukaku sell-on oversight may cost Chelsea millions

Chelsea’s transfer dealings will come under renewed scrutiny after it emerged that the club did not secure a sell-on clause while negotiating Romelu Lukaku’s move to Everton two years ago.

The Belgium striker is valued at more than £60 million amid interest from Manchester United, Juventus and Real Madrid, but The Timeshas learnt that Chelsea would not receive a penny from the sale of their former player should Everton decide to cash in.

Chelsea also failed to include a sell-on clause when concluding Kevin de Bruyne’s £18 million transfer to Wolfsburg in January 2014, an oversight that cost them several million pounds as the Belgian was sold to Manchester City for £55 million 18 months later. With Lukaku also likely to be sold for a profit at some stage, Chelsea appear to have made the same mistake again. However, in mitigation, the club had made a considerable profit on both players despite their limited first-team action.

De Bruyne was signed for £7 million from Genk before being sold for a profit of £11 million two years later, while Chelsea sold Lukaku for £28 million three years after paying £18 million to Anderlecht. Both sales were negotiated by Marina Granovskaia, the club director, who retains the backing of Roman Abramovich despite the repeated oversight. The Russian is renowned as a tough negotiator, with her skills helping Chelsea to make £107 million from player sales over the past two seasons.

Sell-on clauses were the preserve of smaller clubs, but are increasingly used by the elite. Arsenal, for example, made £5.6 million from Barcelona’s sale of Cesc Fàbregas to Chelsea two years ago having included a 20 per cent sell-on clause when their captain left for the Nou Camp three years previously.

Lukaku’s sale is a sore point at Chelsea as he has scored 19 goals this season while their strikers have struggled. Diego Costa has returned to form with five goals in as many matches but he has not trained this week after bruising a tibia against Everton last weekend and is a doubt for the Barclays Premier League match away to Arsenal on Sunday, when Eden Hazard should return from a hip problem. Mesut Özil should be fit to return for Arsenal after a toe injury.
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The master and originator of sports management, image rights and player contracts, Mark McCormack (who set up IMG - his first 3 clients were Nicklaus, Palmer and Player) had this sorted in the late 1950's.

Remarkable that such lessons have been ignored by some of the best sporting and legal minds in the country.
 
Coffee and TV said:
Never thought about this before, good to know though:

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/football/article4670524.ece

Exclusive: Romelu Lukaku sell-on oversight may cost Chelsea millions

Chelsea’s transfer dealings will come under renewed scrutiny after it emerged that the club did not secure a sell-on clause while negotiating Romelu Lukaku’s move to Everton two years ago.

The Belgium striker is valued at more than £60 million amid interest from Manchester United, Juventus and Real Madrid, but The Timeshas learnt that Chelsea would not receive a penny from the sale of their former player should Everton decide to cash in.

Chelsea also failed to include a sell-on clause when concluding Kevin de Bruyne’s £18 million transfer to Wolfsburg in January 2014, an oversight that cost them several million pounds as the Belgian was sold to Manchester City for £55 million 18 months later. With Lukaku also likely to be sold for a profit at some stage, Chelsea appear to have made the same mistake again. However, in mitigation, the club had made a considerable profit on both players despite their limited first-team action.

De Bruyne was signed for £7 million from Genk before being sold for a profit of £11 million two years later, while Chelsea sold Lukaku for £28 million three years after paying £18 million to Anderlecht. Both sales were negotiated by Marina Granovskaia, the club director, who retains the backing of Roman Abramovich despite the repeated oversight. The Russian is renowned as a tough negotiator, with her skills helping Chelsea to make £107 million from player sales over the past two seasons.

Sell-on clauses were the preserve of smaller clubs, but are increasingly used by the elite. Arsenal, for example, made £5.6 million from Barcelona’s sale of Cesc Fàbregas to Chelsea two years ago having included a 20 per cent sell-on clause when their captain left for the Nou Camp three years previously.

Lukaku’s sale is a sore point at Chelsea as he has scored 19 goals this season while their strikers have struggled. Diego Costa has returned to form with five goals in as many matches but he has not trained this week after bruising a tibia against Everton last weekend and is a doubt for the Barclays Premier League match away to Arsenal on Sunday, when Eden Hazard should return from a hip problem. Mesut Özil should be fit to return for Arsenal after a toe injury.
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I'd imagine rather than 'forgetting' to add in a sell on clause we told them we wouldn't pay £28 million with one included...
 

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