Maidenhead United are set to earn a big pay day after defender Max Kilman was sold by Wolverhampton Wanderers to West Ham United.
Kilman played his football with non-league side Maidenhead from 2015-2018 where he made 34 appearances for the club.
He then joined Wolves in 2018 for around £40,000 and has become a mainstay in their team and was made club captain at the start of last season.
He made a total of 151 appearances for Wolves, including 127 in the Premier League.
He now joins West Ham in a big money move as the Hammers splashed out around £40million to secure his signature.
Due to a sell-on-clause, Maidenhead are set to earn around £4millon from the deal.
Maidenhead United chairman Peter Griffin said: “I would like to congratulate former Maidenhead United player, Max Kilman, on completing his transfer from Wolves to West Ham and wish him every success for this exciting next stage of his career.
“It is no great secret that when we sold Max to Wolves in 2018 a sell on clause was included within the transfer agreement which the club will now benefit from over the coming few years.
“Over recent days there has been a lot of speculation regarding the sell on clause and the amount of money the club will receive. As you would expect commercial confidentially prohibits me from providing specific details about the sell on clause, however, we were engaged with various parties during the negotiation process for Max’s transfer. We reached a mutually agreeable position that all parties are satisfied with and importantly it is in the best interest of the club.
“Ultimately this is a fantastic outcome for club which will benefit from one of the largest, if not the largest, transfer payments an English non league club has ever received, which is something to celebrate. This is testament to the hard work of Alan Devonshire and his coaching team past and present, as well our Academy programme which every year is developing players which move into our first team squad.
“This is a momentous day for Maidenhead United FC, which gives us the opportunity to profoundly change the future of the club. A supporters meeting will be held in due course to give more details on how the cash injection will be used on and off the pitch.”
