The transfer of Alexander Isaacs to Newcastle made AIK a stir in the cupboards.
If the Swedish player is sold for 70 million euros, this means that the club is entitled to more than 13 million kroner in solidarity compensation.
If the information is correct, that’s very positive news for us, of course, says AIK Chief Financial Officer Håkan Strandlund.
Alexander Isaac Almost done for Newcastle.
El Diario Vasco made the news on Wednesday and ridiculous season specialists such as Fabrizio Romano and David Ornstein confirmed the veracity of the information.
The transfer fee is said to be €70m – SEK 740m – which also means AIK’s coffers are ringing.
“Data can be synchronized with them”
AIK is entitled to a so-called solidarity compensation – compensation given to the club or clubs that raised a player at a young age. When a player is sold, the clubs to which the player belongs between the ages of 12 and 23 are entitled to a certain percentage of the transfer fee.
With Alexander Isak currently aged 22, his former club (AIK and Borussia Dortmund) are entitled to 4.5 per cent of the €70m Real Sociedad are expected to receive from Newcastle.
Since Isak left AIK when he was 17 years old, AIK receives solidarity compensation for the time he was 12-17 years old. This means that AIK receives a total of 1.26 million euros – 13.32 million kroner.
If the information is correct, that’s very positive news for us, of course, AIK Chief Financial Officer Håkan Strandlund tells Sportbladet.
Have you also sat down and calculated how much you will get in solidarity compensation?
– No, we are waiting for information from Newcastle, who are responsible for making this calculation. So we can synchronize data with them in such cases. But I think the amount you mentioned falls somewhere within our expectations if the amounts shown are correct.
No resale clause
If Alexander Isaacs had turned 23 at the time of the sale to Newcastle, this means that his previous clubs would have received five percent of the transfer fee instead of 4.5 percent.
– So it could have been a completely different amount, Håkan Strandlund points out.
AIK will not receive any money thanks to the resale clauses after the big sale of Borussia Dortmund in January 2017.
– We don’t have a contract like this that has now been executed, which gives new money in the event of a sale, says Håkan Strandlund.