A sell-on clause is a type of clause used in professional football transfers that allows the old club to share in the benefits or profits of a future transfer of a player by receiving an additional payment in the event the player is transferred from the new club to another club. In exchange for this clause, the old club may accept a lower base price for the player. The percentage of the profits for any future transfer is usually agreed upon between the two clubs involved in the transfer.
In FIFA 23, players can add a sell-on clause to sweeten the transaction when making a transfer. Disputes between clubs over sell-on clauses frequently arise, and the meaning of a transfer in the context of whether a sell-on clause has been triggered or not has been clarified by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. If a buying club does not want a sell-on clause to apply in certain circumstances, such as when a club activates a release clause or when a player triggers a buy-out clause, it must expressly say so in the wording, failing which the sell-on clause is likely to apply.
