Legal Nature and Implementation of the Clause
Sell-on clauses,[1] profit-sharing clauses, sell-on fees or future transfer payments, as they are often named, are contractual obligations in a transfer agreement, the effectiveness of which is subject to the fulfillment of a future and uncertain/contingent event, namely the future transfer of a player to another club.
Sell-on clauses allow clubs to share risks, usually in transfers involving young, promising players who moved from lower to higher competitive leagues. From a legal standpoint, they adopt the form of conditional obligation
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