Lionel Messi could earn over €3m as Fulham midfielder leaves for Germany

Sporting have already allocated some money in this market as a result of some operations carried out even before the official start of the closed season, and this time the Alvalade logo will be able to allocate a new amount due to the imminent change of a former player. Trained in Alcochete and champion of the Greens and Whites in the 2020/21 season. We are talking about Joao Palhinha, a midfielder who is close to leaving Fulham for Bayern and will leave a piece of the cake in the Leonin Sade coffers.

In information initially published by the German press and also confirmed by Fabrizio Romano, a journalist specializing in the transfer market, it was reported that the 28-year-old Portuguese international, who is currently playing for the national team at Euro 2024, will head the team to Bayern, in a deal whereby the Bavarians will pay a fixed sum of 50 million euros to Fulham, plus another 5 million euros in the equation through goals.

In addition to the team led by Marco Silva, Sporting also smiles at these values. The club managed by Frederico Varandas in the summer of 2022, when he sold Palhinha to Fulham, provided 10% of the capital gains in a future deal for the player, and in total the deal between the Lions and the Cotters has already reached 22 million euros (20 million fixed, to which another 2 million euros were added from the goals already achieved).

Therefore, taking into account the current context, and making calculations regarding the added value that Sporting will benefit from, The Portuguese champion could get around €3.3m for changing Palhinha's class.in this case with a move to Bayern. All this takes into account the values ​​​​that are being discussed in the Portuguese midfielder's exchange of airs between Fulham and Bayern.

In this way, the Alvalade club's management will be able to secure another financial contribution to its coffers. During this closed season, the green and white team has already agreed to sell Naziño to Cercle Brugge for 2 million euros (the value of the purchase option that was activated after the loan of the left-back to the Belgian team) and sold Paulinho to the Toluca official, receiving 7 million euros for the departure of the former number 20. In addition, the Lions have decided to sell Fatawu to Leicester, in a deal that should generate a total of 9.1 million euros due to capital gains. Remember that Fatawu will sign permanently with the English, as he has met the requirements (promotion to the Premier League and playing in 60% of the league matches) to activate the purchase clause of 17 million euros. The Lions will receive 9.1 million euros of the total budget, with his former club Steadfast entitled to 50% of the capital gains.

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