Cha-Ching, Thanks Barça!
By: Anthony | May 28th, 2009
Monchi seems to be my favourite name this week and for this post nothing has changed. At Sevilla we’re known for our crazy, over-priced sell-on clauses, but this time it’s a different clause which is making us millions.
The transfer of Dani Alves to Barcelona at the end of last summer was one which was imminent. We in Nervión knew it was coming for some time and our failure to qualify for the Champions League this season sealed Dani’s fate in Sevilla. We didn’t let him go to Cataluña on the cheap though as we got a deal which had the potential value of €32m.
Yesterday with Barcelona’s triumph over Manchester United in Rome, we cashed in big time on Alves. In total, we gained an extra €2.25m in the several clauses within our former star right-back’s contract.
His contract stated that we would receive €750,000 if Barcelona won the league and an identical amount if they won the Champions League in which they did both. In addition, we were paid €500,000 because Barça won the Copa del Rey and an additional €250,000 because the Catalans directly qualified for next year’s Champions League.
Daniel Alves came to us in December of 2002 when we paid Brazilian Club Bahía €500,000 for his services. We were at this point newly promoted and looking for cheap but decent talent and Alves seemed to fit the bill. Little did we know that he would develop into one of Europe’s best right-backs. At his first season in Cataluña, Dani played 34 league matches and 12 in European competition scoring 5 goals in total.
Even after the way he went about his transfer, I can’t have anything but love for Dani as he was one of the reasons we as a club hold the stature we do today and have the status we do. Thanks for everything Dani, and these €2.25m Euros make everything a lot sweeter.
Another good bit of business by our legendary sporting director Monchi if I do say so myself.
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We’d bring the extra cash in one of the three trophies that we have, but they’re all in use right now.
Money well spent, I’d say.Posted from
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