Liverpool's true sell-on clause for Danny Ings as forward completes Aston Villa move

The Reds will receive a fee as part of the clause they negotiated when Ings left them for Southampton in a £20million move back in 2019, but it isn't what was initially reported
Liverpool's transfer coffers will have been bolstered by Danny Ings' surprise move from Southampton to Aston Villa on Wednesday, but the Reds won't be a receiving a huge windfall for their former forward.
Villa surprised many with their £30million deal for the England international, who moves to Villa Park on a three-year deal after scoring 46 goals in 100 games for the Saints.
Ings' time at Liverpool was severely hampered by injury, and he made just 25 appearances for the Reds in all competitions after signing from Burnley in the summer of 2015.
After Brendan Rodgers was sacked just weeks into Ings' Liverpool career, the forward heartbreakingly suffered a serious knee injury in new boss Jurgen Klopp's first training session.
After three injury-hit seasons, he initially joined Southampton on loan in 2018 before turning that switch into a permanent £20million deal the following summer.
When selling him, Liverpool secured a sell-on fee that guaranteed them 20 per cent of whatever profit the Saints made from Ings once they sold him.
“Danny is an outstanding Premier League footballer who has scored goals wherever he has played," said Smith.
"He is also a top professional with a great character who will be a leader in our squad and a role model for our rapidly developing young Academy players who are now in and around the first team.
"I am delighted to welcome Danny to our great club.”
The signing comes as Villa are preparing to lose captain Jack Grealish to Manchester City, with that £100million transfer set to go through later this week following the completion of his medical.

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