Count the Vancouver Whitecaps among those watching Alphonso DaviesB次元官网网址� future with Bayern Munich with interest.

The Whitecaps will benefit from any future transfer, thanks to a sell-on clause negotiated in the Canadian starB次元官网网址檚 sale to the German powerhouse in July 2018. At the time, the Whitecaps said the fixed transfer fee and B次元官网网址渁dditional compensationB次元官网网址� could total more than US$22 million, a then-record for the league.

A Whitecaps spokesman confirmed that the transfer agreement included the MLS team getting a percentage of the transfer fee if Bayern sells him. The spokesman declined to detail the sell-on percentage, but with Davies linked to a move to Real Madrid worth in excess of $50 million it could prove to be a generous return.

Clubs can negotiate to include a sell-on percentage in a transfer deal. While there is no set scale, typically the range is 10 to 20 per cent, according to one agent who does not represent Davies, or 10 per cent to 30 per cent B次元官网网址渙n the high end,B次元官网网址� according to an MLS GM not with Vancouver.

Talk of a move to Madrid has escalated in recent weeks amid reports of an impasse in contract terms on a new deal with Bayern. Davies, now 23, signed a two-year contract extension with the German side in April 2020 that runs through June 30, 2025.

Bayern Munich sports director Max Eberl said last month that the club had made its final offer to Davies to extend his contract.

B次元官网网址淚 can say we made Alphonso a very concrete, appreciative offer,B次元官网网址� Eberl told the Sport Bild magazine. B次元官网网址淎t some point in life you have to say yes or no.B次元官网网址�

Spanish reports suggest Davies has already reached an agreement with Real Madrid on personal terms, but Eberl said the Spanish league leader had not been in touch. Bayern could ask for a fee if Davies were to leave the club at the end of this season.

B次元官网网址淣o club wants to lose players for free,B次元官网网址� Eberl said when he was introduced by Bayern in February.

Reports in Europe have suggested that while Real Madrid is interested in Davies, and vice versa, it does not want to pay 40 million euros (C$58.5 million) to sign him this summer. The Spanish club reportedly is prepared to wait another year to land Davies on a free transfer if a deal cannot be made with Bayern.

In July 2016, a 15-year-old Davies signed a homegrown player contract with the Whitecaps, becoming the third-youngest in history to sign an MLS deal. He finished out the 2018 MLS season with the Whitecaps, joining Bayern in January 2019 an 18-year-old.

Davies, one of the fastest players in the Bundesliga, has played 185 games for Bayern with nine goals and 27 assists. He has won the Bundesliga title five times (2019, B次元官网网址�20, B次元官网网址�21, B次元官网网址�22 and B次元官网网址�23), the DFL Supercup three times (2020, B次元官网网址�21 and B次元官网网址�22), the DFB Cup twice (2019 and B次元官网网址�20,) as well as the Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup(all in 2020).

Davies has been named Canada Soccer Player of the Yearfour times (2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022) and CONCACAF Player of the Year twice (2021 and 2022).

He has won 45 caps for Canada with 16 goals and was a member of Canadas team at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where he scored CanadaB次元官网网址檚 first-ever goal at the menB次元官网网址檚 soccer showcase in a 4-1 loss to Croatia.

By agreeing to a larger sell-on fee, a buying club can sometimes bring down the purchase price of a player, according to the MLS GM.

B次元官网网址淒epending how much time a player has been with your club, how much time youB次元官网网址檝e invested in the player, you might ask for more or less of the sell-on percentage,B次元官网网址� said the GM. B次元官网网址淎nd it also depends how aggressive the buying club is with the money that theyB次元官网网址檙e willing to outlay up front.B次元官网网址�

MLS clubs retain 95 per cent of transfer revenues with five per cent going to the league (which doesnB次元官网网址檛 distinguish between guaranteed, conditional or sell-on, but just takes five percent of any/all of those funds).

In some cases, the club receives 100 per cent of all transfer revenues until it has recouped its B次元官网网址淏次元官网网址榦ut of pocketB次元官网网址� expenses to acquire the player in question. The 95/5 split applies to any remaining transfer revenue.

Before the 2023 season, that 95/5 split was also applied to homegrown players. Previously, teams retained 100 per cent of a homegrown playerB次元官网网址檚 transfer revenue.

Because the Davies transfer to Bayern came before that, the Whitecaps will keep 100 per cent of whatever they make from the sell-on provision.

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