Folarin Balogun joined Middlesbrough from Arsenal on loan for the remainder of the 2021/22 season. Sky Sports reported that Middlesbrough would cover a portion of his wages, but neither that report nor the Premier League’s transfer listing gives a precise amount or percentage. The available records therefore clarify the arrangement’s broad structure, not its total financial value.
What the reports say about the deal
Sky Sports reported on 11 January 2022 that Arsenal had agreed to loan Balogun to Middlesbrough for the rest of the season. Its report said Middlesbrough would pay “a portion of his wages,” without saying how much. Sky Sports’ January 11 report is the source for that wage detail.
The BBC reported on 12 January that Arsenal had loaned the forward to Middlesbrough until the end of the season. Chris Wilder, then Middlesbrough manager, said: “We’re delighted to get Flo in,” adding that the club had identified him as someone who could improve the team in the second half of the season. The BBC report confirms the loan’s timing and duration.
Was there a loan fee?
The Premier League’s winter transfer list classifies Balogun’s move as a loan and notes that fees are undisclosed unless otherwise stated. His listing supplies no fee. That means the league list does not disclose a fee; it does not establish that no fee was paid. The Premier League’s transfer list does not provide a monetary value for this transaction.
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Which financial terms remain unknown?
The contemporary reports establish a contribution to wages, but leave its size unquantified. The reviewed sources also do not establish whether there was a separate loan fee, an option to buy, a recall clause, an agent fee, or a particular division of salary costs beyond the reported contribution. Those terms should be treated as unconfirmed, not assumed to have been absent.
In short, the substantiated financial detail is that Middlesbrough reportedly covered some of Balogun’s wages. The exact wage share and any fee remain undisclosed in the cited records.
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