Former Town defender, Tyrone Mings, has completed his move from AFC Bournemouth to Aston Villa, netting the Blues an immediate windfall in excess of £1 million with perhaps more to come.
Mings is understood to have moved for an initial £20 million with the fee potentially rising to £26.5 million after top-ups
Town, who made almost £800,000 from Matt Clarke’s move from Portsmouth to Brighton earlier this summer, are included a 10-per-cent-of-profit sell-on clause in the deal which saw Mings join the Cherries for £8 million in the summer of 2015.
The additional cash for Mings, who the Blues signed from Chippenham Town for £10,000 in 2012, makes him Town’s record sale eclipsing the £8.1 million – probably plus a few hundred thousand more in top-ups – Sunderland paid for Connor Wickham in 2011.
