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Percy Tau is on the verge of concluding personal agreements with Brighton and Hove Albion but the agreement between South African champions Mamelodi Sundowns and the English Premier League club is over, ending a long saga of transfer of five months. The 24-year-old Witbank player, named best player of the Premier Soccer League last season, won nearly 50 million Rands for the Mamelodi Sundowns and thus becomes the most expensive South African footballer 'Brazilians & # 39; ;.
TimesLIVE has been told that the total value of the deal is 3.1 million pounds, which includes bonus payments for goals achieved, such as when Tau played a number of games.
received 10 percent of any contract that Brighton could hit for Tau in the future.
The official announcement of his signature by Brighton had been scheduled for Thursday and was to be made on the club's website (www.brightona ndhovealbion.com) and on their Twitter feed (@OfficialBHAFC).
But with negotiations on his contract and salary being finalized, this announcement could be postponed to Friday.
It is still unclear how long Tau has signed for but he will be loaned this season in order to gain more experience.
The late arrival of Tau for pre-season preparations in Brighton, due to the saga of transfer, is one of the factors that led to a decision that he needs of time to settle in football in Europe before it can be thrown into the Premier League, club sources said Thursday.
He also bypasses the potential rejection of a work permit application, because he has too little and FIFA's ranking in South Africa is too low.
The immediate destination of Tau must be decided in the coming days, according to the sources.
Tau completed his medical examinations on Wednesday
. Since March, the English club has been very frustrated and told TimesLIVE that he was not impressed by the Sundowns trading ability.
This is only after the Sundowns have been criticized for not keeping their promises. promise Tau to let him go abroad when there was interest, that the blocked negotiations were relaunched.
Sundowns issued a statement saying that owner Patrice Motsepe had asked the club to advance the negotiations, seeking to paint Motsepe in a positive light. But TimesLIVE learned that the negotiations were not being handled by the Sundowns leadership, but rather by senior officials in the Motsepe case and that the billionaire was well aware of what was going on all along. of the long saga. 19659002] The image of Motsepe suddenly charging his club to close the Tau case, arriving as a white knight to "save" the situation and "put Tau out of m Tau had refused to join the pre preparations -Season Sundowns to force the hand.
Tau will be the 10th new signing before the start of the season for the ambitious Brighton, including Mali International. Yves Bissouma of Lille in France for a five-year contract, Soufyan Ahannach of Sparta Rotterdam and Nigeria center Leon Balogun
In Tau's position, Brighton spent 5.4 million pounds (about 94 million rands) in 25 years. old Florin Andone, who is a striker from Romania but played in La Liga, Spain
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