Ange Postecoglou could cash in on Tottenham clause after Jadon Sancho transfer development.
A sell-on clause that Tottenham Hotspur placed in Marcus Edwards’ contract could come back to benefit Ange Postecoglou as Juventus consider their transfer options.
Ange Postecoglou may benefit from a cash boost due to a transfer sell-on clause put in place in Marcus Edwards’ contract.
In 2019, Edwards was sold to Portuguese side Vitoria Guimaraes from Tottenham Hotspur for just over £1million, with a 50 per cent sell-on clause inserted into the deal. Thanks to his impressive performance for his new club, he was then sold to Sporting CP in 2022 in a deal worth £6.6m – with Spurs retaining half of the money due to their crafty clause.
The club then reduced their sell-on clause to 35 per cent in order to facilitate a transfer for Pedro Porro in January 2023, as we reported at the beginning of the year. This means that Spurs have a claim of 35 per cent for any sale that Sporting makes in terms of Edwards.
With the summer transfer window in full swing, Juventus have begun considering a move for Edwards. The Italians were planning to go for Manchester United’s Jadon Sancho, but Football Italia reports that no deal has been agreed, and The Independent now suggest he is closing in on a switch to PSG.
Due to the developments with Sancho, Serie A giants Juve have lined up other options – including 25-year-old Edwards. According to Fabrizio Romano, the English winger is on Juventus’ wish-list and could move for a price of around €25m (£21.4m).
This would mean that Spurs would be entitled to 35 per cent of whatever profit was made on Edwards for Sporting – so if Juventus matched his club’s value then Spurs could pocket up to £4m from the sale of a player that left in 2019.
While Edwards is an interest for the Italians, Portugese outlet A Bola reports that there have yet to be any official proposals for the player. Should the winger be sold this summer, then the money made from his sell-on clause could be reinvested into the Spurs squad.
Postecoglou insists that his team are going to be better prepared going into the 2024/25 season. Speaking in an interview with Men in Blazers, the 58-year-old, who has already seen striker Dominic Solanke arrive in north London, said: “I think we’ll have grown a lot from last year of understanding about ourselves. When we were good, we were exciting. I think we had everyone talking about us.
“When we had to grind we found a way to get there but it was obviously a space in there where we didn’t cope too well with disruptions, which I think is only natural because when things are going well it’s a lot easier to stay on board something.
“We had some disruptions in terms of injuries and in terms of suspensions, and some lack of discipline there for sure which happens with young players, and we didn’t cope well with that but we learnt a lot through that. I think without saying we’re going to be a more mature squad, we’re a better prepared squad this year than we were last year.”
