Manchester City transfer news with the Blues already set to bank significant fees this summer
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Borussia Dortmund have triggered the purchase clause in Yan Couto's contract
Borussia Dortmund have triggered the purchase clause in Yan Couto's contract
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Manchester City have long since raked in profits from selling academy prospects and promising youngsters for big money.
The Blues banked more than £10million each for Shea Charles, James Trafford and Carlos Forbs in 2023 and earned £35million for selling Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Liam Delap last summer.
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Those are just some of the recent examples with City making more than £100million from such sales in the last two transfer windows - and that figure doesn't include the £42million Chelsea paid for Cole Palmer.
And City will repeat the trick this summer with two deals already agreed for two players who didn't play a single minute of senior football for the Blues.
Yan Couto has triggered his €30million move to German side Borussia Dortmund and will join the Bundesliga outfit permanently in the summer.
And Nottingham Forest are set to pay £4million to confirm the signing of young defender Joel Ndala who moved to the City Ground on an initial loan move in January. There is an obligation for Forest to make that move permanent come the summer.
Ndala has not featured for Forest's first team and has instead been in their Premier League 2 squad, for who he has made four appearances. He didn't make a senior appearance for City.
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The sales of academy players count as pure profit under the terms of the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) and are viewed by clubs as a vital source of income in helping to stay within the lines.
City's summer windfall will likely not end there. Norwich City have a £5million option to buy Jacob Wright while the likes of Callum Doyle, Josh Wilson Esbrand, Kayky and Issa Kabore could all be sold in the summer.
Then there are senior players. Kyle Walker, who AC Milan have a €5million option to buy, and Kalvin Phillips. The latter is currently on loan at Ipswich Town and has been linked with a return to Leeds United, although it is understood that move is unlikely.
Walker seems certain to make his switch to Serie A and Phillips' future is surely away from the Etihad. Finding a buyer and obtaining a £10million plus price might be difficult given the midfielder's struggles in recent seasons but he could yet inject further money into City as Pep Guardiola reshapes his squad.
City spent more than £120million in the January window, but could earn a huge chunk of that figure back this summer by selling youngsters who fall short of the Premier League grade.
The sales of academy players count as pure profit under the terms of the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) and are viewed by clubs as a vital source of income in helping to stay within the lines.
City have benefited more than most.