Getting to work with manager Vincent Kompany! Image: Citizen
ICYMI: Lyle Foster shattered a transfer record
Lyle Foster is set to become the priciest player in South African football history, with Burnley sniffing around the Westerlo striker. In fact, he’s about to shatter a long-standing record.
Getting to work with manager Vincent Kompany! Image: Citizen
Burnley striker Lyle Foster absolutely obliterated the record fee paid for a South African footballer when he moved to the Clarets. We’ll also be seeing him in the Premier League next season!
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Benni McCarthy was formerly the most expensive South African footballer ever when Celta Vigo paid Ajax €6m (R113 million) for his services. After Benni, Joburg-born playmaker Steven Pienaar was the second-most expensive when in 2011 he moved from Everton to Tottenham and fetched a fee of €3.6m (R67.6 million). The guaranteed fee that Burnley will pay to Westerlo for Kyle Foster’s services has shattered the record held by Benni since 1999. The Clarets paid €7m upfront, with a further €3m of add-ons triggered because of their promotion to the Premier League. Foster’s move is going to amount to something approaching a staggering R187.7 million.
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Foster will be relishing the opportunity to strut his stuff in the top-flight, but before then, there are seven matches in the EFL Championship this season where he ill hope to be a first team regular.
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