breakdown of beckham transfer fee

David Beckham - £24.5m
Manchester Utd- Real Madrid (June 2003)

The way the transfer fee breaks down means Real will only pay £5.25m initially.

They will then pay annual instalments over the next four years amounting to £12.25m.

The final £7m is incentive-based on Real's performance in the Champions League over the next four seasons.

Each time Real make it into Europe's premier trophy they will pay another £875,000, and they will pay a further £875,000 if they reach the quarter-final stages of the competition.

Beckham's weekly wage is reportedly anything between £90,000 and £120,000.

All transfers are paid in installments these days so no surprise there.

If you both buy & sell players in installments it all evens out.