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Yes, that`s the idea. Not sure on the exact figure because it`s a secret agreement between the clubs. Given the change of regulations which restrict clubs from having co-ownership on a player and even more recently, removal of the "buy-back clause", we had to find a way to make sure that promising players are not just being loaned out and forsaken. Club is learning from past mistakes and wants to support, enhance & accelerate their development. We need to make sure they are playing regularly, being protagonists in the season - this is how we maximize their development, instead of keeping them on the bench. We all know how low-table clubs have the tendency to play experienced players, to increase their chances of avoiding relegation.so we are basically "paying" 7m€ for a one year loan of pinamonti to genoa?
Clubs like Genoa will have interest in playing our young players only if they have some incentives - so we sell them the player. In order to prevent them from selling our talent to our rivals, we make a gentleman`s agreement to buy him back. And of course no decent club will do this for free, so we are paying for it. It`s not like Genoa want to become our sattelite club in Serie A! To make it interesting for them, we reward them for this service. 1 year of development has a certain price, sometimes the agreement is for 2 years and then a different price is set.
It`s the same kind of deal we made with Genoa for Romanian NT keeper Ionut Radu: needed cash for FFP so we sold him for 8€ but then activated his buy-back clause and bought him back for €12m. If we waited for another season to buy him back, according to the agreement we would have payed €15 if (I remember correctly.) Now he is in our ownership but loaned out to Genoa for 1 more season to further grow, because he actually had a great season and they wanted him back.