Speaker 1: Middlesbrough have finalized the permanent signing of Czech goalkeeper Roddick
Speaker 1: Vitek from Manchester United in a landmark deal that sets
Speaker 1: a historical transfer benchmark for the EFL Championship. The twenty
Speaker 1: two year old shot stopper moves to the Riverside Stadium
Speaker 1: on a long term contract following an agreement structured around
Speaker 1: an initial guaranteed transfer fee of seven million pounds, bolstered
Speaker 1: by performance related add ons capable of taking the total
Speaker 1: financial package up to fourteen million pounds. The complete fee
Speaker 1: represents the highest transfer package ever agreed for a goalkeeper
Speaker 1: in Championship history, eclipsing previous record transfers set by Mads
Speaker 1: Hermanson to Leicester City and Daniel Parrots to Southampton. The
Speaker 1: structural terms negotiated by Manchester United highlight a strategic desire
Speaker 1: to safeguard the future value of their youth academy Graduate.
Speaker 1: United insisted on inserting multiple protective mechanism into the final agreement,
Speaker 1: retaining a substantial thirty five percent sell on clause applicable
Speaker 1: to any future transfer, explicit matching rights for incoming bits,
Speaker 1: and a formal buy back option. While Old Trafford officials
Speaker 1: respected Vitec's firm refusal to serve as a backup behind
Speaker 1: established first choice goalkeeper sen Lamans. The contractual stipulations ensure
Speaker 1: United maintained direct pathway control should the Czech international continue
Speaker 1: his trajectory toward top tier European football. Vitech arrives on
Speaker 1: Teesside with proven second tier credentials following a standout twenty
Speaker 1: twenty five to twenty six season long loan with Bristol City.
Speaker 1: The six feet six inches keeper swept Bristol City's end
Speaker 1: of season awards, winning Player of the Year, Young Player
Speaker 1: of the Year and Players Player of the Year after
Speaker 1: logging twelve clean sheets and one hundred thirty four saves
Speaker 1: across forty one championship appearances, statistically ranking among the division's
Speaker 1: elite shot stoppers with a seventy point nine seven percent
Speaker 1: save rate and preventing eight point seven expected goals on target.
Speaker 1: Vitek immediately steps into Middlesbrough's starting rotation under manager Kim Helberg,
Speaker 1: as Borough construct a squad capable of mounting a sustained
Speaker 1: promotion pushed to the Premier League