Piroe - promotion clause

[Glyn1]

BBC article.

Swansea City are in line to receive around £2m as part of a promotion clause in the deal that took striker Joel Piroe to Leeds United.

Piroe joined Leeds from the Swans in 2023 in a transfer worth more than £10m, with a £2m payment if the Yorkshire club secured a return to the Premier League at any point during the striker's four-year contract.

The 25-year-old scored four goals as Leeds thrashed Stoke City 6-0 on Monday as their promotion from the Championship was confirmed.

The Whites' place in the top flight next season was secured later on Monday when Burnley beat third-placed Sheffield United, a win which also sent the Clarets up.

Piroe is the top scorer in the Championship this season, with his haul against Stoke taking the Dutchman's total to 19 goals.

Swansea agreed a deal worth about £1m rising to £2m to sign former Netherlands Under-20s international Piroe from PSV Eindhoven in the summer of 2021.

He reached 20 goals in each of his two full seasons as a Swansea player.

 

[BanosSwan]

Any thoughts on us signing Hannes?

It's history









I'll get my coat (and yes, I know it's hanes).

 

[Sandfields Jack]

Just shy of £2m, considering we are also seeing the back of Pedersen who is bizarrely one of our highest earners and that should be enough in the bank to offer LOB and Darling pay deals close to the upper ceiling of our pay structure. If Darling doesn't sign after that then so be it, he is a good defender but not so good that a team should break the bank to accommodate him.

LOB is a different story, in his case its more a point that like many players he loves it down here when he makes the move but the real question is does he love it enough that he would take a 50-60% pay cut off his current salary along with the promise of consistent first team football with a manager who seems like he "gets him"?

Others may offer him more, but is it better the devil he knows?

Yeah don’t forget the 25k/goal bonus too adding another 475k on. Taking it around 2.5m

 

[bakajack]

Yeah don’t forget the 25k/goal bonus too adding another 475k on. Taking it around 2.5m

My understanding was that the bonus per goal clause had an upper limit across the length of the contract and he hit that cap midway through this season

 

[Sandfields Jack]

My understanding was that the bonus per goal clause had an upper limit across the length of the contract and he hit that cap midway through this season

Oh, you’re probably right. I’m not 100% on the matter.

 

[bakajack]

Oh, you’re probably right. I’m not 100% on the matter.

But still so far as I can tell there were two major addon clauses with his contract, goals scored and promotion and we get to finally see one of those rare occasions where we actually get the full amount negotiated.