Tottenham Hotspurs completed the transfer of Emerson Royal from Barcelona, know more details here including the fee, contract and release clause
The 22-year old Brazilian has now joined Tottenham Hotspurs from Barcelona. Moreover, the fee is said to be nearly $29.51 million. Spurs completed his transfer on the last of the window and signed the left-back. Spurs manager wanted a right-back in his squad and Royal believes he will be a solid part of Nuno’s project.
Earlier, this season, Barcelona completed the signing of the Brazilian from Real Betis. Barcelona having good options on the right with the likes of Dest, Roberto considered selling Royal. Mingueza is also one of the options on the right for Barcelona.
So, here are all the details about Emerson Royal transfer explaining how Barcelona managed to sell and buy him in the same window.
Emerson Royal Transfer To Tottenham From Barcelona, Contract, Fee
Emerson signed for Barcelona in 2019. Furthermore, he joined Barcelona from Atlético Mineiro in a split deal. The deal was said to be a joint financial operation between Barcelona and Real Betis. After signing for Barcelona, Emerson was sent to Betis where he played for 2 seasons.
At Betis, Emerson appeared in 79 games and scored 5 times. Moreover, last season, he was the player with the highest minutes at the club. The numbers show, how Emerson was one of the finest players for Betis last season.
Barcelona Saga
After selling huge names in order to register players, Barcelona called Emerson back to Camp Nou. They signed the right-back for €9 million and triggered the buy-back clause. The clause was mentioned in Royal’s contract when he signed for Barcelona and was loaned in Betis.
Barcelona needed a right back to strengthen the squad. But, they sold the player to Tottenham as the London-based club showed interest despite inserting a colossal 300 million euro release clause in his contract.
Tottenham Hotspurs Transfer
Spurs signed the right-back for $29.51 million. Clearly, it was a good deal for Barcelona considering the debt and wage bill they have. Barcelona was also forced to sell Moriba and Griezmann on the deadline day. Jordi Alba, Sergio Roberto, and Pique took pay cuts in order to register Aguero for the next season.