AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur to receive solidarity payment from Iliman Ndiaye's transfer to Manchester City
AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur, a Senegalese training club, is expected to receive a solidarity payment from Iliman Ndiaye's transfer to Manchester City. Ndiaye played for AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur between 2014 and 2016, from approximately 14 to 16 years old. FIFA's Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players RSTP include a "solidarity mechanism" that allocates 5% of an international transfer fee to clubs that contributed to a player's training before they turned 23. This 5% is distributed proportionally based on the seasons the player spent at each club between the ages of 12 and 23. For seasons played between 12 and 15 years old, 0.25% of the transfer amount is allocated per full season, and for seasons between 16 and 23 years old, 0.5% is allocated per full season. With Ndiaye's transfer to Manchester City estimated at 70 million euros, AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur is projected to receive around 350,000 euros, or approximately 229.6 million CFA francs, based on two seasons in the 12-15 age bracket. This amount could increase to around 344 million CFA francs if one of the seasons is counted in the 16-23 age bracket, particularly if his time extended past his sixteenth birthday in March 2016. The article notes that many African training clubs often do not claim these solidarity payments due to a lack of awareness or failure to initiate the necessary FIFA procedures.
