That is clearly not good enough for Sporting, who are announcing exactly how much they have received for the sale of Viktor Gyökeres to Arsenal. – When the Portuguese club bought the Swedish striker (who incidentally has Einar as his middle name) from Coventry two years ago, they paid 24 million euros. A sum that sent shock waves through the football media in Portugal and which was criticized as insane!.
Well, everything is won with the Swede on board and now they are winning big in the transfer market where they more than triple their investment.
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Sporting reveal transfer fee for Gyökeres
The reigning league champions have now made public the details of the deal that takes the Swedish player to the Premier League. Notice and 3 euros…
Transition amount confirmed
After Gyökeres was presented by Arsenal on Saturday night, Sporting have clarified the exact transfer fee:
- Total value: 76,020,513 euros
- Fixed amount: €65,764,103
- Bonuses: €10,256,410 (redeemed upon achievement criteria met)
Agent waived fee
According to Portuguese media (including Record):
- The player’s agent, Hasan Cetinkaya, waived a fee of 10% of the transfer fee
- Thus, Sporting saved about 7-8 million euros that were originally intended for the agent
- Sporting confirms in their statement that they have not had any agent costs related to the sale
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