RR wrote:MetalLegNZ wrote:RR wrote:Whoever agreed to that needs to be fired!MetalLegNZ wrote:Rapids bought out the sell on clause already. The Roar took $560k.
RAPIDS turned down 10 million from Barcelona for Luca Herrington, pre world cup.
Apparently Liverpool.keen too
Less than a year after buying him for less than 500k. One hopes there is a massive future sale percentage clause attached to him.
Roar have now put out a statement regarding it
https://brisbaneroar.com.au/news/brfc-media-release-lucas-herrington-transfer-fee-update/
I didn't realise he'd only played 15 matches for the Roar, who he left in January.
6 months later he's starting for the Socceroos at a World Cup, and Barca are supposedly willing to pay $15-20m!
Must be the fastest moving career ever in the 19 seasons of the A League. That somewhat excuses the Roar taking the sell out payment too early. No one really saw this coming so fast
Lucas Herrington was not bought. He was identified in the Football Queensland pathway, developed and backed into professional football by this club. We supported him through our pathway, gave Lucas his opportunity in the professional game, and built his value to the point where clubs overseas were interested, after Lucas had played less than 15 professional matches. The transfer itself was a record for the club and the hard work to ensure a sell-on fee was added to the deal further protected the time put into Lucas by numerous coaches and support staff. In total, Lucas Herrington’s transfer has now returned more than AUD$1.5 million to Brisbane Roar.
6 months later he's starting for the Socceroos at a World Cup, and Barca are supposedly willing to pay $15-20m!
Must be the fastest moving career ever in the 19 seasons of the A League. That somewhat excuses the Roar taking the sell out payment too early. No one really saw this coming so fast
Lucas Herrington was not bought. He was identified in the Football Queensland pathway, developed and backed into professional football by this club. We supported him through our pathway, gave Lucas his opportunity in the professional game, and built his value to the point where clubs overseas were interested, after Lucas had played less than 15 professional matches. The transfer itself was a record for the club and the hard work to ensure a sell-on fee was added to the deal further protected the time put into Lucas by numerous coaches and support staff. In total, Lucas Herrington’s transfer has now returned more than AUD$1.5 million to Brisbane Roar.
He is not the exception. He is the latest in a run of talented young Queenslanders to progress. Over the past three years alone, the players this club has developed and sold have brought in more than AUD$3 million in transfer fees. To put that figure in context, across the entire history of Brisbane Roar before this period, the club had earned circa AUD$500,000. Furthermore, sell-on fees were not present in any deal transacted by the club prior to this period.
