UPDATE – 13:30GMT: As per the Liverpool Echo, the Reds’ sell-on fee only comes into account if there is a profit made by Reading on a sale of Ilori, which means Liverpool are unlikely to get any fee from the deal that will take the defender to Sporting.
Liverpool are set to earn a windfall of around £520,000 thanks to the sell-on clause they included in the deal that saw defender Tiago Ilori join Reading in 2017.
According to ESPN’s Glenn Price, Liverpool included a 25% sell-on clause in the deal that saw the Portuguese star join the Royals in the winter transfer window two years ago.
Twitter: #LFC would bank 25 percent of the fee Reading receive from the sale of Tiago Ilori to Sporting Lisbon. They include… https://t.co/RvxKQfopXd (@GlennPrice94)
The 25-year-old is reportedly close to moving back to his homeland to sign for Sporting, the club with whom he began his professional career.
The fee for the deal looks to be worth around £2,080,000, meaning Liverpool will pick up around £520,000 due to their smart forward planning.
Liverpool signed Ilori from Sporting back in 2013 for around £7million but the defender failed to make an impact at the club and he was allowed to leave after playing just three cup games for the Reds and after loan spells with Granada, Bordeaux and Aston Villa.
