Chelsea have received 20% (£12million) of the fee from the Kevin De Bruyne to Manchester City deal. This brings the sale of De Bruyne up to £30 million after we sold him to Wolfsburg for a fee of around £18 million in January 2014.
Since leaving Chelsea De Bruyne has caught the eye of many clubs across Europe and has seen a fair few clubs fight for his signature. However he chose to join Manchester City in a deal believed to be worth a staggering and maybe over-priced £58.2 million.
Some fans have criticised the club for letting him go due to his form last season but last month Mourinho revealed the reasons why he sold him.
With De Bruyne, if you have a player knocking on your door and crying every day he wants to leave, you have to make a decision. At that time Chelsea did well. If De Bruyne stayed here, not happy and not motivated, and we’d sold him after a year, we’d have got less, 50% less than we sold him for.
The Mirror’s Chief Football writer has confirmed there was a sell-on clause in the Belgians contract.
Man City sign De Bruyne – and Chelsea do get a sell-on
— John Cross (@johncrossmirror) August 30, 2015
