There& #39;s lots of speculation Dominik Szoboszlai https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇭🇺" title="Flagge von Ungarn" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Ungarn"> will soon leave Red Bull Salzburg.

Jesse Marsch recently told @GrantWahl& #39;s Fútbol podcast he expects him to leave in January.

The player reportedly has a €25m release clause. But would that be good business for RBS?

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Yes! It may seem cheap, but it’s their business model.

They won& #39;t stand in the way of players wanting to leave by demanding exorbitant fees, but they& #39;ll still sell them on for a sizeable profit that gives them a huge ROI.

Here’s an overview of their https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔟" title="Taste 10" aria-label="Emoji: Taste 10"> most expensive sales https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Pfeil nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach unten">

1) Naby Keïta https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇳" title="Flagge von Guinea" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Guinea"> – The record transfer from an Austrian club by some distance at €29.75m, Keïta left RBS for RB Leipzig in 2016, before joining Liverpool two years later.

Arrival: Istres https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇫🇷" title="Flagge von Frankreich" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Frankreich"> for €1.5m
Departure: RB Leipzig https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇩🇪" title="Flagge von Deutschland" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Deutschland"> for €29.75m
Profit margin: €28.25m
ROI: 1983.3%

2) Sadio Mané https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇸🇳" title="Flagge des Senegal" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge des Senegal"> – A European and EPL champion with Liverpool, Mané broke through at RBS before moving to Southampton in 2014 and is now regarded as one of the world& #39;s best players.

Arrival: Metz https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇫🇷" title="Flagge von Frankreich" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Frankreich"> for €4m
Departure: Southampton https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿" title="Flagge von England" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von England"> for €23m
Profit margin: €19m
ROI: 575%

3) Erling Haaland https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇳🇴" title="Flagge von Norwegen" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Norwegen"> – A revelation when he burst on to the scene in the Champions League last term, the striker only stayed for a year before leaving to join Borussia Dortmund.

Arrival: Molde https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇳🇴" title="Flagge von Norwegen" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Norwegen"> for €8m
Departure: Borussia Dortmund https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇩🇪" title="Flagge von Deutschland" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Deutschland"> for €20m
Profit margin: €12m
ROI: 250%

4) Amadou Haidara https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇲🇱" title="Flagge von Mali" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Mali"> – A tough-tackler with an aerial presence and an eye for a defence-splitting pass, Haidara took the well-trodden path from Salzburg to Leipzig in 2019.

Arrival: JMG Bamako https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇲🇱" title="Flagge von Mali" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Mali"> for €0.8m
Departure: RB Leipzig https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇩🇪" title="Flagge von Deutschland" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Deutschland"> for €19m
Profit margin: €18.2m
ROI: 2375%

5) Duje Ćaleta-Car https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇭🇷" title="Flagge von Kroatien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Kroatien"> – The most expensive defender sold by an https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇦🇹" title="Flagge von Österreich" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Österreich"> club. He impressed https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🆚" title="Quadratisches VS" aria-label="Emoji: Quadratisches VS"> Marseille in the Europa League in 2018 and joined the French club a few months later.

Arrival: HNK Sibenik https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇭🇷" title="Flagge von Kroatien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Kroatien"> for €0.05m
Departure: Marseille https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇫🇷" title="Flagge von Frankreich" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Frankreich"> for €19m
Profit margin: €18.95m
ROI: 38000%

6) Munas Dabbur https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇮🇱" title="Flagge von Israel" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Israel"> – The Israeli won everything on offer and topped the Austrian scoring charts in two successive seasons before leaving for the sunnier climes of Spain.

Arrival: Grasshoppers https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇭" title="Flagge der Schweiz" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge der Schweiz"> for €5m
Departure: Sevilla https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇪🇸" title="Flagge von Spanien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Spanien"> for €17m
Profit margin: €12m
ROI: 340%

7) Xaver Schlager https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇦🇹" title="Flagge von Österreich" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Österreich"> – Once saw him buying sweets at a Klagenfurt service station. Beyond that, a gifted attacking midfielder who left for VfL Wolfsburg in Germany in 2019.

Arrival: Promoted from academy
Departure: Wolfsburg https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇩🇪" title="Flagge von Deutschland" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Deutschland"> for €15m
Profit margin: €15m
ROI: N/A

8) Jonathan Soriano https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇪🇸" title="Flagge von Spanien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Spanien"> – One of the few strikers to hit 30 goals in an Austrian BL season, Soriano arrived from Barcelona B in 2012 and moved to China five years later.

Arrival: Barcelona B https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇪🇸" title="Flagge von Spanien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Spanien"> for €0.5m
Departure: BJ Sinobo Guoan https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇳" title="Flagge von China" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von China"> for €15m
Profit margin: €14.5m
ROI: 3000%

9) Diadié Samassékou https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇲🇱" title="Flagge von Mali" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Mali"> – A combative defensive midfielder, the Malian arrived in Salzburg in 2015 - a year before his countryman Amadou Haidara made the same move.

Arrival: AS Real Bamako https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇲🇱" title="Flagge von Mali" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Mali"> for unknown fee
Departure: Hoffenheim https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇩🇪" title="Flagge von Deutschland" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Deutschland"> for €14m
Profit margin: Unknown
ROI: N/A

10) Stefan Lainer https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇦🇹" title="Flagge von Österreich" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Österreich"> – The full-back was a key figure under coach Marco Rose, before following his manager to Borussia Mönchengladbach in the German Bundesliga.

Arrival: SV Ried https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇦🇹" title="Flagge von Österreich" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Österreich"> for €0.2m
Departure: Borussia Mönchengladbach https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇩🇪" title="Flagge von Deutschland" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Deutschland"> for €12.5m
Profit margin: €12.3m
ROI: 6250%

There are more examples too.

Dayot Upamecano https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇫🇷" title="Flagge von Frankreich" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Frankreich"> was bought from Valenciennes for €2.2m and sold to Leipzig for €10 (Profit margin: €7.8m/ROI: 455%).

Takumi Minamino https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇯🇵" title="Flagge von Japan" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Japan"> signed from Cerezo Osaka for €0.8m and moved to Liverpool for €8.5m (Profit margin: €7.7m/ROI: 1062%).

So back to our Hungarian & #39;Wunderkind& #39;, who moved to the Salzburg academy from Videoton for €0.5m in 2017.

If he& #39;s sold for €25m, the profit margin would be €24.5m and the return on investment would be 5000%.

That sounds like pretty good business to us!