Junior and Palmeiras got away with it. In the tug-of-war with River Plate for the transfer of 100% of Miguel Borja’s economic rights, the Colombian and Brazilian clubs ended up satisfied and with money in their coffers.
Although the final operation had a cost of 8 million dollars, as revealed by the newspaper Olé de Argentina in its edition this Friday, full credit sources confirmed to EL HERALDO that the rojiblanco club, in the end, only received 500 thousand dollars, although he freed himself from Borja’s onerous salary, who had two and a half years left on his contract, and settled the debt of 2 million dollars he had with Palmeiras for the acquisition of 50% of the player’s economic rights.
Good business if you look at it from the cost-benefit point of view that Borja was representing. And because he was replaced by a goal scorer and idol of the institution like Carlos Bacca.
According to the inquiries made by EL HERALDO, the 8 million dollars paid by River Plate are distributed as follows:
palm trees: 4 million 600 thousand dollars.
Player salary advance: 1 million 400 thousand dollars.
Transfer percentage for the footballer (8%): 600 thousand dollars.
Junior: 500 thousand dollars.
Representative and intermediaries: 500 thousand dollars
Payment of training and solidarity rights (team that trained him in Tierraalta, Fútbol Paz, Cortuluá and Nacional): 400 thousand dollars (they are distributed according to the time they had in their training process).
“Of that total and despite the exchange complications that affected the country at the time of the purchase, 5.4 million dollars have already been paid (by River) and two installments of 1.3 million are pending to settle the operation” Ole reported.
Junior, who finally acquired the federation rights and 50% of Borja’s economic rights for 3 million dollars in December of last year, had a pending balance of 2 million dollars that he had to pay Palmeiras in two installments, one agreed for before the end of 2022 and another scheduled for before the end of 2023.
