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Chelsea paid £150m for Moises Caicedo, but its boyhood club Independiente Di Valle
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retrieved £23m of that. But they didn't just go splashing it on new players
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When Caicedo left Independiente Di Valle for Brighton in 2021, they included a 20
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salon clause. So when Brighton sold him to Chelsea in 2023, Di Valle managed to retrieve 20% of that full
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fee, not just the profit like many salons. They locked that money into a trust dedicated solely into their infrastructure and their
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youth teams. They're building a high performance center in Caicedo's hometown that even carries his name
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Since then they've added another pitch, expanded their stadium and built a player's residence
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New offices, marketing HQ, all funded by that one deal. So Independiente Di Vale are now a blueprint over in Ecuador for South American teams to be able to raise these young players
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Not just for the players, but to actually create a football club. This is now a financially sustainable model for clubs to be able to grow
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from being pretty much irrelevant in the grand scheme of football into becoming something special in the long run
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So £23 million, no superstars signed, but just long-term growth. Would your club do the same
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Let us know in the comments, because I don't know many in this country that are that smart
