16m is fair enough.

The rest could be in add ons though, similar to our deal for Soldado.

Daily Mail suggests £5.75m

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2676487/Lallanas-Liverpool-lands-Bournemouth-massive-5-75m-payday.html

We don't know who spend/received what exactly so lets not go around starting arguments for no reason.

So you still paid £25m for him...

Brendan nearly wet himself with laughter yesterday when it was suggested to him we had paid £25 million for Lallana.
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When?

Yeah so you paid £16m to Southampton and £4m to Bournemouth

My God……as well as supporting racists and biters, Liverpool fans are totally facking gash at Maths!

If I gave you £10 and you gave £9 to your mate. Does that mean I’m only out of pocket £1?

"Correct me if I am wrong but that would make what Liverpool actually paid for Lallana, £16 million?"

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You're wrong.

http://www.afcb.co.uk/news/article/2014-07-01-chief-executive-hails-coaches-that-discovered-lallana-1710201.aspx

1.) No mention of £4m.
2.) It's "not as simple as 25%".
3.) BBC reported it as £25m.
4.) Does it even really matter?

The OP's maths is right. If £4m is 25% then £16m is 100%.
Where he got the information though, I don't know.

comment by Mickey Miller aka Joe Swash aka Just Joe.. I used to be a big deal (U15888)
posted 13 minutes ago
Yeah so you paid £16m to Southampton and £4m to Bournemouth


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Since when was 4 25% of 20?

Don't use the to suggest someone else is being a mug when you're being one yourself.

£16M would make more sense, but he's English so im sure it was more.

comment by LocoLiverpool  (U18018)
posted 17 minutes ago
The OP's maths is right. If £4m is 25% then £16m is 100%.
Where he got the information though, I don't know.
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Yeah whats everyone on about?

25% of £16 million is £4 million?

A journo in a local paper in Bournemouth said they received £4 million from Saints yesterday. This guy covers all things Bournemouth so will be more reliable than most. He also works for local radio covering all Bournemouth matches.

So Southampton got £16m and his agent got nothing.

This thread doesn't make sense....

comment by SirCastic (U8772)
posted 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
So Southampton got £16m and his agent got nothing.
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MATHS TIME

The important thing to remember here is that the sell-on fee is a percentage of what Liverpool paid, rather than what Southampton received - so those saying £4m to Bournemouth means a total of £20m are wrong. If it's a 25% clause, Bournemouth get a quarter of the full sum and Southampton get 3/4 (whereas 16m and 4m would be 1/5 and 4/5).

If Bournemouth got £4m, and the clause was 25%, then Liverpool have paid £16m - Bournemouth getting 4, and Southampton gettin 12.

On the flipside, if Liverpool paid the suggested total of £25m, then Bournemouth would get a quarter of that (i.e. £6.25m) and Southampton the rest (£18.75m).

Everyone get it now?

Lallana also got his hubcaps returned.

It is more than likely that Bournemouth have got 25% of the upfront payment. It is rare for the full transfer fee to be paid in one lump, especially when it is a large amount.

There will be add ons & other clause which will ultimately take the fee to £25m in time.