This transfer window has seen many a big player who have moved in and out of the English Premier League. But not many transfers could have been more important that Lindelof’s to Manchester United.
Yes, the likes of City and Arsenal have made big signings as well but Manchester United signing the Swedish striker has saved his former club Vasteras from potential bankruptcy according to a report.
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But this will not be the first instance that Vasteras will be receiving any sort of money due to Victor Lindelof. They have already received three payments from Benfica. First was the initial transfer fee of £100,000 when the defender moved to Benfica, then another one when he played his third match for Sweden’s U-21 team and a third one when he played 10 international matches for the senior Sweden team. But the payment that they have received from Lindelof’s move to United is by far their biggest one.
But the road to the financial heaven was not at all easy for Vasteras, as initially, Benfica refused to make the payment as they claimed that Lindelof had signed a new contract with the club. Thus the old agreement with Vasteras did not stand. But instead of going in a legal battle with the club, Vasteras chose to make an out of court settlement.
While Vasteras’ chairwoman Christina Liffner accepted that they had to eventually settle for an amount much less than what was originally in the contract, but the club are still happy with the money that had come in. Simply because they can use it to fund their Academy and with it, their dream of playing in the top division of Swedish football.
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