Signed by Liverpool from Sevilla for just over £7m in 2013, Luis Alberto never managed to make a name for himself at Anfield.
His time with the Reds included 12 appearances for the first-team and two loans to Málaga CF and Deportivo La Coruña before being sold for half his purchase price to Lazio in 2016.
Italy is where the former Liverpool midfielder managed to impose himself, becoming their main playmaker over the years, totalling 217 games, 39 goals and 59 assists in all competitions for the Serie A side.
While he renewed his contract in September of 2020 until 2025, his future in Rome remains ‘uncertain’, according to Il Tempo on Friday.
Why does this affect Liverpool? That’s because the club, in their sale to Lazio, included a percentage of next sale clause.
How much is a bit of a debate, with some in England saying it’s 30%, but Il Tempo believe it’s less, claiming that ’20% of the resale will go to Liverpool’.
There’s no mention of what price the Spaniard would go for, but if we are to take Transfermarkt’s £28.8m valuation of the player as a barometer, and say he would be sold for a rounder £35m, then the Reds would be entitled to a lovely £7m windfall.
Certainly a welcome income from a deal that took place six years ago and one that many will have forgotten about.
