West Bromwich Albion striker Salomon Rondon will be allowed to leave the club in the summer with a release clause set to return if they fail to get back to the Premier League.

A price tag of £16.5million will be in place should the Baggies remain in the Championship – but he would cost considerably more if promotion is achieved, according to the Express and Star.

He is currently on loan at Newcastle United for the rest of the season; the publication is also reporting that the striker has the same clause in his deal as he did when the Baggies were relegated.

Rondon has revealed he wants to stay with the north east club past the expiration of his temporary deal in the summer – but with the clause in place, any club will be able to trigger it.

If, however, West Brom do get back to the Premier League at the first attempt, it is believed that the fee of release will be somewhere north of £20million.

The Venezuelan has scored seven goals in 23 Premier League appearances for the Magpies this term.

The verdict

The financial incentives for promotion are there for all to see – not just via league payouts and television rights – but in terms of the clauses in Rondon’s contract.

The Baggies could stand to bank an extra chunk of cash should they go up and have a higher fee of release activated in his current deal.

Rondon will leave in the summer, that is a given, I believe, but it just depends on how much he leaves for.

And that all depends on which division the Baggies are going to be operating in next year.