Confirmed: The truth about Sterling's 20% QPR 'sell-on' clause. £50m transfer fee means LFC lose £10m 5/21/2015 08:45:00 p.m.101 With Raheem Sterling seemingly on the verge of leaving Liverpool, rumours are swirling about an alleged clause in his contract, which stipulates that Queens Park Rangers are entitled to 20% of The Mercenary's transfer fee. Is this true? Unfortunately, it is true, and former QPR Chairman Gianni Paladini confirmed this in June 2014. When asked for details about Sterling's £500k transfer to Liverpool, he told Get West Sport: "Rangers will get 20% [from] the sell-on fee, not that QPR probably need it right now. "The new owners have more money than ever existed in my time. Still, a £40M sale nets them £8M—not bad for a 15-year-old, eh? But I doubt Liverpool will ever sell him." Paladini was in charge at QPR when Liverpool signed Sterling, so he'll obviously know the finer details of the agreement. None of the newspapers running the story have referenced this quote from Paladini, which is strange considering it's the original source of the rumour. Paladini mentioned nothing about a 25% sell-on clause if Sterling signs for an overseas club, so at this point, there's no evidence to suggest that is true. So, there you have it. If Liverpool sell Sterling for £50m, the club will lose £10m of that fee to QPR. It's just another example of Liverpool's perennial penchant for being fleeced on transfers. A 20% sell-on clause is ridiculous, and it's hard to believe that someone at LFC actually sanctioned that. I'd like to blame it on Ian Ayre, as it sounds like just the type of negligent clause he'd negotiate.
I read this earlier, what the hell are they whinging about? They paid us £500-650k for him, will probably sell him for £40m, pay us £8m and still have over £30m profit on their investment, unbelievable.
Exactly. Did we moan when Hayes picked-up 600k when we sold Les to Newcastle? No, because we were still 5 million plus in pocket.
I suppose if Rodgers stopped pissing their money away on dreadful players they might not care so much.
