Brighton and Hove Albion’s deadline day deal for midfielder Chema Andrés was celebrated at Real Madrid, as they pocketed €11.5m from the move.
Marca report that half of Brighton’s €23m move for the midfielder – who joined from VfB Stuttgart – has ended up winging its way back to the Santiago Bernabeu. It is another example of the Spanish clubs ‘Fabrica’ generating revenue.
Revenue from youngsters
That has been in focus this summer as Como have paid €66m for Nico Paz, Fulham shelled out €50m for Gonzalo Garcia and €10m for Cesar Palacios while Strasbourg paid another €10m for Jacobo Ortega.
€11.5m from Brighton’s late deal for Chema Andrés can now be added to that. Madrid held a 50% clause on him following his move to Stuttgart last summer. He initially joined the German side for €6m.
They have now sold the 21-year-old a year later for a healthy profit. And they’ve retained a percentage of any future of the U21 international in future as well. Madrid, meanwhile, definitively loses control over the player.
Brighton development
That won’t concern the Spanish club, though. They’ve made their money from another youngster, something which they’ve become experts at in recent years.
Chema’s move to Brighton is just the latest in a growing list of young players they’ve made a healthy profit on. And they’ll still be due a percentage of a future transfer due to FIFA’s Solidarity Scheme in future as well.
That’s because Chema is a product of their youth academy, playing for Real Madrid youth, U17, U18, U19 and the Castilla side between 2018 and 2024 before moving to Stuttgart last year.
He went on to make 41 appearances for the German side last season, with four goals and two assists to his name, before his big move to Brighton this summer. Now the focus is on developing in the Premier League. meanwhile, Real Madrid count their pennies (or in this case cents).
