Put simply, an undisclosed transfer is designed to save face. ... Only when a club is happy with the fee will an official figure be announced, which amounted to 110, or 4.35%, of the permanent transfers this summer.

Do players get any of the transfer fee?

In the English Football League, transfers between clubs entail the new club paying the League a levy of five per cent of the transfer fee. Signing-on fees are payable to the player at the discretion of the new club and will normally have been agreed between the player and the new club during transfer negotiations.

What is a soccer transfer fee?

It refers to the transferring of a player's registration from one association football club to another. ... A negotiated transfer fee is agreed financial compensation paid from an interested club, to the club that possesses the player's exclusive contracted playing rights.