Originally Posted by
jon1959
When he signed it was claimed in the press that he bought himself out of his contract to make the move happen.
In the press conference on Thursday he said something a bit different. It wasn't completely clear (something was lost in translation) but I understood that he refused a large pay rise by Trabzonspor to extend his contract with them, and also gave up two months pay at the existing contract rate to enable him to come to Cardiff without any delays. So there was some financial sacrifice at the Turkish end - bit not exactly buying out his contract.
I'm sure the club have worked within the letter of the EFL transfer restriction with Sio - if not the spirit. There can't have been a signing on fee when he arrived, but as others have said, it is unlikely he will have been seriously out of pocket over the longer term.