Liverpool’s sale of Sepp van den Berg to Brentford this week could lead to ‘salvation’ for his former club PEC Zwolle.
Tat’s according to Oost, who cover the transfer today and comments from the Dutch side’s former chairman Adriaan Visser.
Van den Berg completed a €25m move to Brentford earlier this week after months of speculation about his future at Liverpool.
He had returned to the Reds after a successful spell in Germany last season and had numerous suitors.
Liverpool had initially rejected any interest in the player as they wanted to test him under new manager Arne Slot. They also held out for a top price for the centre-back that stopped interested parties from making a move.
Brentford eventually decided to pay up and got the deal done this week, paying Liverpool what they wanted and convincing the defender with an offer of regular Premier League football.
That brought an end to the small saga around the player and left his former club PEC Zwolle celebrating, as they’re due to receive a healthy payment thanks to various clauses negotiated with Liverpool when Van den Berg joined the Reds in 2019.
Oost explains that they’ll receive around €4m, from the Brentford deal, something Visser was key to securing.
“There had been some movement around Sepp for some time. Ajax wanted him and Feyenoord were also bypassing him a bit. And then Liverpool suddenly came,” he said.
“Don’t be too modest when a big club reports just ask ‘out loud’ what you want for it. I learned that wise lesson from Mino (Raiola). But the Van den Berg family was also among them.
“There were also bonuses and a resale percentage. Not all clubs do the latter, but it is very useful. We started with 25%, they with 5%. Quite a hassle and in the end, you end up with 15%.
“Liverpool’s payment is made in instalments. It never goes to a bank account in one go. But I never expected these kinds of amounts to come out.”
