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transfer fee

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noun

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

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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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Rather than leave the 19-year-old struggling for first-team football, Chelsea effectively refunded the £6.5m transfer fee and sent him to the Championship club.

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The midfielder joined Chelsea from Benfica weeks later in what was, at the time, the British record transfer fee of £106.8m.

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