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Victor Mugubi Wanyama’s impending Sh1.6 billion move to English Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur from Southampton, which is expected to be completed any time, marks yet another big score for a Kenyan footballer.
The Harambee Stars captain will most certainly enjoy an improved pay package at the North London outfit with his take-home salary set to rise from the current Sh11 million monthly — which he earned at St Mary’s — to Sh35 million gross and Sh20 million net at White Hart Lane.
Southampton will, however, have the lion’s share of the projected Sh1.6 billion — claiming up to 80 per cent, which translates to around Sh1.2 billion — with the balance going to the player’s agents and his former club Celtic.
Besides the big money involved, Wanyama will make history as the first East African to play for a Champions League club in England and the first Kenyan to do so with two clubs.
By virtue of finishing third last season in the Barclays Premier League, Spurs are guaranteed an automatic spot in the 2016/17 Uefa Champions League calendar.
Though the transfer is expensive, the hefty fee Tottenham will cough up to acquire the services of the combative Kenyan holding midfielder slightly falls short of what Southampton paid to lure him from Scottish giants Celtic on July 11, 2013.
Back then, the Saints, under current Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino, who is pushing for a reunion with Wanyama at White Hart Lane, paid Celtic £12.5 million (Sh 1.8 bilion) to have the Kenyan in his squad.
Wanyama’s past transfers still remain the most expensive involving a Kenyan footballer. When he joined Celtic from the Belgian Pro Jupiter League team, Germinal Beerschot, on July 9, 2011, the Scottish side paid £900,000 (Sh103.4 million) in transfer fees.
The Harambee Stars captain will most certainly enjoy an improved pay package at the North London outfit with his take-home salary set to rise from the current Sh11 million monthly — which he earned at St Mary’s — to Sh35 million gross and Sh20 million net at White Hart Lane.
Southampton will, however, have the lion’s share of the projected Sh1.6 billion — claiming up to 80 per cent, which translates to around Sh1.2 billion — with the balance going to the player’s agents and his former club Celtic.
Besides the big money involved, Wanyama will make history as the first East African to play for a Champions League club in England and the first Kenyan to do so with two clubs.
By virtue of finishing third last season in the Barclays Premier League, Spurs are guaranteed an automatic spot in the 2016/17 Uefa Champions League calendar.
Though the transfer is expensive, the hefty fee Tottenham will cough up to acquire the services of the combative Kenyan holding midfielder slightly falls short of what Southampton paid to lure him from Scottish giants Celtic on July 11, 2013.
Back then, the Saints, under current Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino, who is pushing for a reunion with Wanyama at White Hart Lane, paid Celtic £12.5 million (Sh 1.8 bilion) to have the Kenyan in his squad.
Wanyama’s past transfers still remain the most expensive involving a Kenyan footballer. When he joined Celtic from the Belgian Pro Jupiter League team, Germinal Beerschot, on July 9, 2011, the Scottish side paid £900,000 (Sh103.4 million) in transfer fees.
