BRENTFORD and Exeter are set to pocket a share of £1million if Ollie Watkins makes his England debut later this month, according to reports.
Aston Villa signed the striker, 25, from the Bees last summer in a heavily-incentivised deal.
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Brentford received £28m up front for Watkins, with a further £5m in add-ons.
And, according to The Athletic, one of those add-ons involves Villa paying Brentford £1m per England cap, ‘up to a small number’.
Last week, Watkins was called up by Gareth Southgate as part of the squad to take on San Marino, Albania and Poland in this month’s 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
However, Exeter also stand to pocket a huge chunk of cash after the striker’s inclusion.
Watkins worked his way through the youth ranks at the Grecians before joining Brentford in 2017.
As part of the deal taking him from North London to Villa Park, Brentford will now pay Exeter 15 per cent of any payment from the Premier League side.
That means, every time Watkins is capped by England – up until the undisclosed limit – Brentford will give Exeter £150,000 of their £1m share, with the Bees keeping £850,000 for themselves.
Another clause listed by The Athletic involves Aston Villa’s Premier League status.
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Should Villa avoid the drop, they will owe Brentford a further £1m – with £150,000 of that heading to Exeter.
Aston Villa currently sit tenth in the table and have reached the ‘magic 40-point mark’ – already on 41 points with ten games to play.
Now, Brentford and Exeter will turn their attention to England’s matches later this month.
The Three Lions host San Marino on Thursday night, before travelling to Albania for their second game on Sunday.
England then welcome Poland on Wednesday March 31 – with Watkins hoping to play a part in at least one of those games amid his hot run of form.
Watkins has scored ten goals and added a further three assists in 28 Premier League games this season.
He joins Harry Kane and Dominic Calvert-Lewin as the only outright centre-forwards in the Three Lions’ 26-man squad.
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