Burnley have pocketed €1.5m from the deal taking Wout Weghorst to TSG Hoffenheim this summer, with a previous clause in his contract having already been used.
That’s according to Kicker, who provide details on the transfer after it was confirmed earlier today that the Dutchman would be moving from Turf Moor.
Weghorst has joined Hoffenheim on a season-long loan deal after returning from a loan spell at Manchester United in the second half of last season.
It’s a third straight loan deal for Weghorst, who seemingly has no future at Burnley but has a contract with the Clarets until 2025.
Kicker explain that the striker had enjoyed a clause in his contract allowing him to leave on loan for free, but the 31-year-old had already taken advantage of that to
join Besiktas last season.
Thus, Manchester United had to pay €3m for him in the January transfer window, while Hoffenheim have now paid €1.5m to have him this year. There is no
purchase option included in the deal between the two clubs.
The Kraichgauers have refused to comment on the terms of his contract at the German club, but either way the one-year deal is seen as smart business from them
and we’re sure Burnley feel the same way.
“Hugely disappointed” Sheffield United boss breaks silence over Sander Berge’s Burnley transfer
Paul Heckingbottom admits he is “hugely disappointed” over Sander Berge’s impending move to Sheffield United’s Premier League rivals Burnley, on the eve of the
new season.
The Norwegian is expected to be unveiled at Turf Moor today after undergoing a medical with the Lancashire side earlier this week. Berge was in the last year of his
United contract, with United hoping to unveil Brazilian midfielder Vinicius Souza as his replacement ahead of Saturday’s curtain raiser against Crystal Palace at
Bramall Lane.
Berge’s impending departure follows that last week of star man Iliman Ndiaye, who was also scheduled to become a free agent next summer. United have a vast
number of players whose current deals also expire at the end of the upcoming season, but a number of them are understood to have options for the club to extend
them by a further year.
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Speaking to Talksport, Heckingbottom admitted he was “hugely disappointed” by Berge’s departure. “The timing of it, and the fact he’s going,” he added. “In my
mind I’d prepared for both [Berge and Ndiaye] a long time ago and drawn up plans and presented them to the club, saying this is what needs to happen.
“The problem is that when you leave it this long, everything’s changed in terms of your targets so that’s always been moving. The club have been told, they know who
we want to bring in and the sooner we do it, the better.”
Asked if United could have done more to prevent vast swathes of their first-team squad approaching the end of their deals at the same time, Heckingbottom replied:
“I’m not going into that as I’ll probably say something that gets me into trouble, but everyone knows the situation we’re in, I wasn’t privy to those conversations but
we have got a lot of players in the last year of their contracts, we know that, and it becomes a problem.”
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