Man City has continued to sell a young player who graduated from their academy last week, and the structure of this deal was a familiar style.
Striker Farid Alfa-Ruprecht left Man City without having ever played a minute for the first team, but the club will still pay special attention to his performance in the Leverkusen shirt.
The 19 -year -old returned to the Bundesliga in a £ 5 million contract, with a resale term of up to 50%. Man City will closely monitor his development process.
In recent years, Man City has become a master in installing the terms of resale into the sales of young players, thereby gaining no more profit in the future.
The latest case is James Trafford, who is likely to move from Burnley to Newcastle during this transfer. Man City sold the 22 -year -old goalkeeper to Burnley in 2023 for £ 15 million, with a term of 20% on the interest of any next sales deal.
With the expected fee of more than £ 30 million that Newcastle will spend, Man City will earn at least £ 3 million thanks to this term.
This is only the latest example showing that Man City knows how to turn young players from the Academy into an abundant financial source, although they do not stay for the first team.
Chaning into the main squad at Etihad is extremely difficult, but as the case of Trafford shows that many young Man City former players can still rise and succeed elsewhere.
Over the past 3 years, Man City has earned more than £ 200 million thanks to the sale of players graduating from the Academy. A significant part of them comes from resale terms.
For example, the Liam Delap deal from Ipswich Town to Chelsea in the summer of 2025 helped Man City pocket 2 million pounds. A similar amount was collected when Morgan Rogers moved from Middlesbrough to Aston Villa. Goalkeeper Aro Muric also brought a profit to Man City when he left Burnley to wear an Ipswich shirt.
Perhaps the most typical example is Romeo Lavia – who sells to Southampton for £ 10.5 million, but then when he moved to Chelsea for £ 58 million, Man City also collected a significant amount from the pre -installed terms.
Therefore, despite Alfa -Ruprecht's leave without leaving any imprint, his future will still be what Man City cares about – and will certainly have similar deals in the near future.
Last season, Man City's U21 team won the Premier League 2 and then crowned through the play-off series, while the U18 team had a series of 26 consecutive victories but defeated in both finals.
All show that the supply of young players from Man City Academy is still very abundant. Many more names are expected to be sold in this summer transfer window, and those contracts are almost certainly to continue with the resale terms.
With such a model, Man City will always be rich by the rotation that continues. Everyone knows how young the young man from the Green Man has long been sought by the outstanding quality, and this is their fear.
