Anyone who’s ever played Football Manager will know the value of inserting sell-on clauses when transferring a player. It could just net you a tidy sum down the line.
Fleetwood Town will certainly be relieved that they insisted on such a clause when Jamie Vardy left the club for Leicester City in 2012, as the League One look side look set to land a massive chunk of the fee Arsenal will pay the Premier League champions for the striker.
The Gunners have reportedly triggered the release clause in Vardy’s contract, believed to be around £20m, and The Sun report that, if the deal goes through, Fleetwood will pocket £6.8m.
The transfer fee for the 29 year old striker is arguably inconsequential for the majority of Foxes’ fans, but it will sting just that bit more that the club will only get £13.2m for their star striker, who scored 24 goals last season.
Vardy spent a season with Fleetwood, scoring 31 goals in 36 games in the Conference Premier, earning the side promotion to League Two, and himself a move to Leicester for £1m, a record for a non league player.
