ARCHIVED - Middlesbrough FC ordered to pay a million euros to Real Murcia!



Kike García, last seen scoring for Eibar against Real Madrid on Sunday boosts the ailing coffers of Real Murcia

Four years after striker Kike García was transferred for 2.5 million euros from Real Murcia Club de Fútbol to Middlesbrough FC, FIFA have recognized the right of the Murcia club, currently playing in Spain’s Second Division B Group IV, to receive a million euros from the club in the north-east of England.

Kike’s last season at Real Murcia saw him bag 23 goals, which was enough for Aitor Karanka, then the manager of Middlesbrough, to snap him up on the transfer market. One of the clauses in the contract of sale stated that if promotion to the Premier League was achieved during Kike’s time at his new club an extra million euros would be paid to Murcia, but in summer 2016, when that was achieved, the Boro failed to pay up, and now FIFA have ordered the full amount plus interest to be credited to Murcia’s account.

The sale of Kike García took place under the presidency at Real Murcia of Jesús Samper, and is being described in some quarters of the regional press as the former owner’s “last gift” to the club: certainly the money will come in handy, given the club’s well documented financial strife at present!

In 75 appearances for Middlesbrough Kike García scored 16 goals, before transferring back to Spain to play for SD Eibar: Eibar may be one of the dark horses in La Liga, but Kike’s most recent strike for them came on Saturday when he scored the last goal in the surprise 3-0 thrashing of Real Madrid!

Image: Kike García in the kit of SD Eibar

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