Dominic Solanke was sold by Liverpool to Bournemouth in 2019 for an initial fee of £19 million.
It has taken some time, but Dominic Solanke has emerged as a legitimate Premier League goal scorer thanks to his recent displays for Bournemouth.
The now 25-year-old left Liverpool for the Cherries four years ago. The Reds’ decision to trade away a player with little playing time and a goal total of one in 21 Premier League appearances for a transaction worth an initial £19 million plus add-ons was viewed at the time as a clever one by the Reds.
Sources have previously told the ECHO that Edwards had a crucial role in negotiating two conditions, one of which was a buyback clause and the other a 20% sell-on clause.
Solanke extended his contract with Bournemouth in August, but it probably won’t affect any possible payments that Liverpool may be due should Bournemouth be blackmailed by a Premier League opponent for his services.
Daniel Geey, a sports attorney and author of “Done Deal,” who has worked on significant deals in British football throughout his career, detailed what happens most frequently to the ECHO: “There is almost always a sell-on provision between the selling club and the buying club. Typically, regardless of whether a player’s contract has been extended,
The sell-on fee, which is thought to be 20% more than the contingents that were put in place, may not be as large as some people might believe in Liverpool’s case for Solanke.