How much Middlesbrough could earn if Martin Braithwaite completes shock Barcelona move

The Danish international, 28, is expected to join the Spanish giants from Leganes this week after Barca were given permission to sign an emergency striker due to injuries.

Braithwaite left Boro in the summer after training with the Teessiders during pre-season.

Reports have suggested Barca will pay £16million for Braithwaite, while it’s believed Boro will recoup between 10 to 25 per cent of the fee.

That would mean the Teessiders could receive between £1.6million and £4million for the transfer.

Boro boss Jonathan Woodgate said he wanted to keep Braithwaite after the player returned to the Riverside from a loan spell at Leganes last year.

“I like him as a player,” said the Boro head coach. “I thought he was a really good player and I would have liked to keep him but he wanted to leave.

“What I’ll say to Martin is in that pre-season he came in and trained really well, fantastically well in fact.

“He played the Hartlepool game and went to Austria and trained really well. He’s a really talented player, it just didn’t click for him.

“I think the reason why he’s going is because they can only go for a certain player in La Liga. He has a buyout clause, how many players have a buyout clause in La Liga? How many players are available? There are different players and Martin is available.”