transfer fee

noun

1. a sum of money paid by one football club to another for a transferred player

Example Sentences

New general manager Will Kuntz has completely remade the team’s roster in the last 15 months, but Pec, who cost the club a record $10-million transfer fee, was just one of a half-dozen players Kuntz pursued last winter — and his name wasn’t necessarily at the top of that list.

From Los Angeles Times

That was the third-highest transfer fee paid for a manager but it soon proved money well spent as Amorim led the club on a 32-match unbeaten run to claim the Portuguese league cup and end their almost two-decade wait for a league title - a success they repeated last season.

From BBC

That was the third-highest transfer fee for a manager.

From BBC

Did the transfer fee paid by Orlando Pride add pressure?

From BBC

"Honestly to me, about the transfer fee, that didn't even get to me. But what I wanted was to get here and get started with the work because I felt like I needed something to challenge myself in a new country."

From BBC