You do realise thats how all transfer transactions works dont you? Man Utd didnt really hand over a £96m cheque to Juventus for Paul Pogba. But the reported fees are generally the amounts owed by one club to another. You make out the N Dong fee & transfer sound out of the norm. In reality we owe Llorient £13 million however much the instalment plan is arranged.
We pay all of our transfer fees upfront.