La Fábrica product Chema Andrés is joining Brighton after the English club decided to spend €23 million on his transfer from Bayer Leverkusen. That means that Real Madrid will make €11.5 million from this deal although they will also lose the 50% of Andrés' rights they still owned, which means that Los Blancos will not have the option to bring him back in the future.
Andrés had a breakout season for Stuttgart last season and some rumors suggested that Real Madrid wanted to trigger the buyback clause. However, Los Blancos stayed put and Chema Andrés will now be playing in the Premier League after Brighton's move.
Real Madrid have been using their canteranos to fund most of their signings for the first team and Chema Andrés hasn't been the exception. Players like Nico Paz, Gonzalo García or César Palacios also left the club this summer in deals that allowed Real Madrid to earn significant fees.

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