The biggest sell-on fees ever received as Morgan Rogers earns Middlesbrough windfall
Boro’ are set to receive around £20m from Aston Villa after including a sell-on clause in the deal that took Rogers to Villa Park in 2023. Incredibly, the Championship side will have received around £30m for a player who cost just £1m and spent six months at the Riverside.
5. Hugo Ekitike – £13.8m to Paris Saint-Germain
Hugo Ekitike never quite hit his stride at Paris Saint-Germain, with a superstar cast of talent restricting his minutes.
The Frenchman flourished after leaving Paris for Eintracht Frankfurt, where 22 goals in 48 games earned him a £69m move to Liverpool, and PSG a healthy chunk of it.
4. Tino Livramento – £15m to Chelsea
Despite being named as Chelsea’s academy player of the year for the 2020/21 season, Tino Livramento quit the club that summer to sign for Southampton.
The Saints paid just £5m for the right-back after his Chelsea contract talks stalled, before raking in a big profit when Livramento left for Newcastle in 2021. Around £15m of their £40m fee went to Chelsea.
3. Ousmane Dembele – £17m to Rennes
Rennes received around £17m from Ousmane Dembele’s move from Borussia Dortmund to Barcelona.
Dembele had spent just 12 months at Dortmund before Barcelona signed the winger for a fee that could £135.5m with add-ons, fresh from receiving a record-breaking sum for Neymar. Rennes recouped more from Dembele’s sell-on clause than his initial sale.
2. Morgan Rogers – £20.3m to Middlesbrough
The Championship side signed Rogers from Manchester City for just £1m, before selling him to Aston Villa six months later. Overall, Boro are set to make a profit of around £28m.
1. Moises Caicedo – £23m to Independiente Del Valle
Independiente De Valle hold the record for the largest sell-on fee received after earning around £23m from Moises Caicedo’s transfer from Brighton to Chelsea.
The Ecuadorian side sold Caicedo to Brighton for £4.5m, but inserted a sell-on clause. When Caicedo moved to Chelsea in a British record deal in 2023, Independiente got a big windfall.
