Todibo activates another 'lever' for Barça: West Ham will pay €42M, what income will the club have?

Great news for FC Barcelona. Even before the summer market of the 2025-26 season has begun, the club can already boast of economic income derived from market operations related to players who have not been part of their roster for some time.

In this opportunity, the protagonist is Jean-Clair Todibo, a 25-year-old French defender, currently a player for OGC Nice. However, he will soon become part of West Ham United permanently, as he was loaned to the English team during the 2024-25 season with a mandatory purchase clause stipulated at approximately 42.5 million euros.

West Ham's permanence in the Premier activates the payment for Todibo

According to 'BBC Sport', the activation of the purchase clause had not been finalized because it was conditional on the 'Hammers' maintaining their category in the Premier League. Now, this condition has already been met: during the 34th matchday of last weekend in the English tournament, after the defeat of Ipswich Town by 4-0 against Newcastle United, it became the third and last team to seal its descent to the Championship, after Southampton and Leicester City.

This negotiation, which according to the source referred to in previous lines has already been activated, will bring an important benefit to FC Barcelona. It should be remembered that when the club sent Jean-Clair Todibo to OGC Nice in 2021, in addition to securing €8.5M fixed for his transfer, included in the contract a clause that allowed them to receive 20% of a future sale to another team.

With this scenario in mind, the Blaugrana team will pocket approximately 8.5 million euros when the exercise of the mandatory purchase option by West Ham United is made official, which will definitively acquire one of the most sought-after defenders on the international scene. The native of Cayenne, despite having had a somewhat irregular season due to injuries (accumulating 25 games played and 1625 minutes), has shown in his time at OGC Nice that, in full condition, he can be one of the best young defenders in European football.

The French defender ended up being an economically profitable signing for Barcelona

For its part, Barcelona closes a chapter that, although it did not bring great benefits at the sports level —the French defender only played five games as a culé—, it did so in the economic field. The Catalan team barely paid Toulouse in 2019 one million euros to incorporate him and, over the years, has managed to obtain significant income through loans and subsequent sale:

• 📌 1.5 million euros for his loan to Schalke 04 in the 2019-20 season.
• 📌 2 million euros for his loan to SL Benfica in the 2020-21 season.
• 📌 8.5 million euros for his transfer to OGC Nice in the 2021-22 season.

In total, Barça had already earned 12 'kilos', to which they will now add the additional €8.5M derived from the definitive transfer to West Ham United, thus reaching a total of 20.5 million euros. A truly successful market operation that shows the effectiveness of the club's policy: selling young promises who do not have space in the first team, ensuring clauses that allow them to benefit economically in the future if their progression is positive.