Ozil's Arsenal transfer gives lower club Rot-Weiss Essen a boost

   
   

According to FIFA rules and regulations on transfers, all clubs a player plays for from the ages of 12 to 23 are entitled to training compensation, with a total of 5% will be divided between those clubs.
Meaning all 3clubs that the German played for are entitled to a portion in Ozil's transfer money.


Ozil's move to Arsenal makes him the most expensive German player of all time, overtaking Mario Gotze's fee of €37 million paid when he moved from Borussia Dortmund to Bayern Munich earlier this summer.

Ozil started his career at the former Bundesliga club Rot-Weiss Essen before making the switch to Schalke -- based in his hometown of Gelsenkirchen -- in 2005 at the age of 16. A year later, on August 12, 2006, he made his Bundesliga debut for the Royal Blues in a 1-1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt.
After making 30 appearances for Schalke, Ozil moved on to Werder Bremen in 2008, before making a €18 million move to Real Madrid following his eye-catching performances at that summer's World Cup finals.
The allocation formula means both Schalke and Rot-Weiss Essen will each get a 30% share of the compensation, with the rest split between Werder Bremen and Real Madrid.
 
The three top-flight clubs may scarcely notice the small boost to their balance sheet, but the speculated €750.000 due to Essen -- around 50% of their annual €1.5 million first-team budget -- will represent a major payday for a club which went into administration in 2010.