04 Aug 2016 17:34:57
Is this what you were looking for Sforza.

As football fans it is best you avoid any thoughts about the finances as it tends to confuse everyone. However, it might be an apt time to explain again about the cost of transfers (excluding wages) . What is paid by the buying club would typically include:
(a) Transfer fee - the big number.
(b) Any levy applied by the local FA - 5% for the EPL.
(c) Tax due on the transfer fee - typically this will be VAT (at varying rates across Europe) some or all of which should be reclaimable.
(d) Agent fees - this may be to one or more agents (as an example, Liverpool have spent £45M plus VAT on agent fees over the past three years leading to this window) .
(e) Tax due on the agent fees - typically this is VAT at the local rate where the agent bills from - it is not reclaimable.
(f) Intermediary fees - this may be to one or more sponging leeches (what do you mean you have a super agent? ) .
(g) Tax due on the Intermediary fees - typically this is VAT at the local rate where the Intermediary bills from - it is not reclaimable.
(h) Signing on fee to the player (possibly including non-reclaimable VAT if the player is VAT registered) .
(i) Legal fees.
(j) VAT on legal fees which is reclaimable.
(k) Moving/ relocation costs for the player.
(l) VAT on moving/ relocation costs which is reclaimable.
(m) Paying up insurance costs to the selling club (sometimes waived) .

What is paid by the selling club would typically include:
(a) If the player is under 24 and moving between different football associations, a Solidarity contribution paid to his previous clubs responsible for his training - this is 5% of the transfer fee received (apportioned 5% of the contribution for each year from the season of his 12th birthday to the season of his 15th birthday and 10% of the contribution for each season from his 16th to 23rd birthdays) .
(b) If the player moves to a higher category club (all clubs being categorised 1 to 4) then Training Compensation is due for the period of age 12 to 21. Compensation is due to all clubs when the player turns from amateur to professional and thereafter only when he moves from his final training club to another club. The initial training compensation is levied at the training costs associated with Category 4 clubs. The subsequent figure is agreed between the sides or tribuneral if necessary.
(c) Any monies owed to the player if he did not request a transfer - again this is 5% of the transfer fee received.
(d) Any monies owed to the player in terms of his contract (typically outstanding owed wages (not future wages) and bonuses) .
(e) Any money contractually due to a previous club as the result of a sell-on clause.


1.) 04 Aug 2016
04 Aug 2016 19:45:52
If you take all those sums and add subtract, multiply and divide by zero I think you will find the result very interesting.


2.) 04 Aug 2016
04 Aug 2016 21:08:02
That's the one! Thanks, Andy.

It's interesting to see just how many "hidden" fees go on top of the transfer fee.


3.) 05 Aug 2016
05 Aug 2016 09:01:39
Your welcome sforza.