The exact figure Brighton could end up paying Leeds United to sign Georginio Rutter — Leeds United News 17/8/24


Danny Bloomer

Georginio Rutter has successfully passed a medical ahead of his move from Leeds United to Brighton.

The 22-year-old’s move to the South Coast is expected to be announced imminently as the prospect of losing yet another key player becomes reality for Leeds.

Leeds had fought to convince Rutter to stay at Elland Road, with the offer of a new contract even on the table. However, the chance to play for a progressive Premier League club was too good to turn down.

Rutter will become the fourth high profile exit of the summer for Leeds following on from Archie Gray, Crysencio Summerville and Glen Kamara.

The 49ers now have an enormous task to replace these players, but there certainly should be plenty of cash in the bank to do so.

It is public knowledge that Brighton activated a £40 million release clause in Rutter‘s contract in order to get the deal done.

Having seen offers of £29 million and £35 million turned down, Brighton were able to trigger it in the nick of time, with the deadline to do so midnight on Wednesday.

However, according to Sky in Germany journalist Florian Plettenberg, the £40 million release clause is not as cut and dry as it may seem.

Plettenberg says Brighton could end up paying Leeds as much as £42.6 million (€50 million) for Rutter, which includes all the possible bonus payments.

However, Leeds will not see the full amount of that due to how much they owe Hoffenheim from when they bought him back in January 2023.

Kicker reported yesterday Leeds will have to pay Hoffenheim an extra £4.2 million (€5 million) as a result of the bonuses that weren’t reached in the original deal.

At that stage, it was unclear whether Hoffenheim also had a sell-on clause, but Plettenberg has now clarified that in saying they do.

As a result, Hoffenheim will actually receive between £5.1m and £5.9m (€6m-€7m) from Leeds immediately, meaning the 49ers won’t be making much profit at all.

With so many key players having now departed, Leeds fans will be hoping and praying that no one else follows Rutter through the exit door in the next 13 days.

Wilfried Gnonto is certainly the one most fans are worried about considering he has lost his two closest friends at the club, and Everton’s interest.

However, Leeds have already made up their mind with what they plan to do with Gnonto in the next 13 days, and that is he will be going nowhere.

It is said Farke and the hierarchy believe Leeds’ promotion bid would be seriously ‘derailed’ if they were to let Gnonto follow the others out of the exit door and so will block any potential offers.

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