AstroSloth
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- Dec 29, 2020
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This isn't true. We're paying around 60% of his wages which comes to around £7m. This is the total fee.
Barca were hamstrung by their wage bill this season, so us paying a percentage of his wages was far more impactful than paying a loan fee.
Either way we're paying ~£7m, it's just the technicalities of it that differ.
No, sorry but you are wrong - they are not, at least we are paying the bulk of his wages amounting to around £160,00 per week. That is was the £7m loan ‘fee’ was for. Barca could not afford to keep paying Fati’s wages while he was playing so little - they needed to send him out on loan so another club would take on his salary, get him up to pre-meniscus injury condition so they could sell him at the end of the season.
It was all widely reported at the time
“Brighton & Hove Albion have signed Ansu Fati from Barcelona on a season-long loan.
The 20-year-old forward travelled for a medical on Thursday before completing the move.
Brighton will cover almost the entirety of the salary in the region of £160,000 per week.”
” Fati takes home £160,000 per week (gross) at Brighton, per Capology. It makes him the highest-paid player at Brighton. The Spaniard earns almost twice what Brighton's second-highest earner, Adam Lallana, earns at £90,000 per week (gross).”
Ansu Fati's salary at Brighton unveiled – it's more than any player his age earns in England
Ansu Fati's salary at Brighton unveiled – it's more than any player his age earns in Englandtribuna.comBrighton sign Fati on loan from Barcelona
Brighton & Hove Albion have signed Ansu Fati from Barcelona on a season-long loan.The 20-year-old forward travelled for a medical on Thursday before completing the move.Brighton will cover almost the entirety of the salary in the region of £160,000 per week.Head coach Roberto De Zerbi said...theathletic.com
If only I'd scrolled down a few more posts