transfer fee

British  

noun

1. a sum of money paid by one football club to another for a transferred player

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Example Sentences

He is mostly remembered for his time at Manchester United, who paid a then record British transfer fee for him from Newcastle.

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A nod of appreciation to those assassins who don't make it - Ballon d'Or-winner Andriy Shevchenko was close, Christian Vieri's highlights and world-record transfer fee came last century.

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"Accordingly, more significant mitigating actions would be required such as further player disposals to generate transfer fee income and wage savings, or additional funding from the shareholders, or a combination thereof."

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With that, the legacy debt from the Glazer family takeover and additional 'liabilities' listed of more than £500m - the vast majority of which is outstanding transfer fee payments - the club owed a staggering £1.29bn at the end of last year.

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The club's huge debt, way in excess of £1bn including outstanding transfer fee payments, might at least not need to be increased too.

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