Osijek to Collect €980,000 from Transfer
Mirlind Daku, former Osijek striker, moved to Spartak Moscow this summer for €11 million, with the Blue-Whites entitled to ten percent of the difference.
Mirlind Daku, former Osijek striker, moved to Spartak Moscow this summer for €11 million, with the Blue-Whites entitled to ten percent of the difference.
Mirlind Daku (28), who once played for Osijek and represents Albania, started a match for Spartak Moscow for the first time on Saturday, roughly ten days after his €11 million transfer was completed. Thanks to this deal, those at Osijek's Opus Arena can be very pleased. Indeed, a significant portion of that "pie" will eventually end up in Osijek's account as Rubin pays the transfer fees in installments.
In the summer of 2023, the Blue-Whites had Daku with only a year left on his contract, and after he scored 22 goals in 33 matches during a loan spell at Slovenia's Mura, he was sold to Rubin for €1.2 million, plus an additional ten percent of any future sale. This means Osijek will receive €980,000 from the €9.8 million difference-the amount Rubin earned from selling him to Spartak this summer, minus what Rubin paid in 2023.
In three seasons with Rubin, Daku played 93 matches, scored 38 goals, and provided 13 assists. He was already hot property on the football market last summer. His move to Zenit, which was supposed to be worth €8.5 million, fell through because the St. Petersburg club backed out at the last minute, reportedly due to inappropriate chanting that Daku initiated after a match at last year's European Championship. Twelve months later, his value has only increased.
Daku, incidentally, played 16 matches for Osijek, scored four goals, and brought a total of €2.2 million into the club's coffers. So far this summer, Osijek has earned €850,000 from the sale of Jakov Dedić to Hoffenheim, and another deal, signed three years ago, will bring them nearly a million euros more.
