The transfer fee for the rights of Obafemi Martins from Shanghai Shenhua to the Seattle Sounders and Major League Soccer will be $2 million, Sports Illustrated's Grant Wahl is reporting Tuesday, with official confirmation of the deal to follow as early as Thursday.
The transfer fee for the rights of Obafemi Martins from Shanghai Shenhua to the Seattle Sounders and Major League Soccer will be $2 million, Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl is reporting Tuesday, with official confirmation of the deal to follow as early as Thursday.
How much of that money goes directly into the Sounders’ slush fund is complicated — though Seattle won’t receive any allocation money, it should pocket two/thirds of the fee for future investment, with the league taking the other chunk.