{"id":840772,"date":"2026-08-02T23:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/840772\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T23:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:59:13","slug":"football-news-lucas-herrington-transfer-fee-from-colorado-rapids-to-hull-city-breaks-australian-record-socceroos-teenager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/840772\/","title":{"rendered":"Football news, Lucas Herrington transfer fee from Colorado Rapids to Hull City breaks Australian record, Socceroos teenager"},"content":{"rendered":"

Socceroos<\/a> teenager Lucas Herrington is set to become Australia\u2019s most expensive football transfer ever.<\/p>\n

According to The Athletic, Premier League<\/a> club Hull City have reached an agreement with Herrington\u2019s current team Colorado Rapids to sign the 18-year-old for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n

\"Lucas<\/p>\n

Lucas Herrington was the youngest person in action for Australia at the World Cup.\u00a0Alex Livesey<\/p>\n

The deal is reportedly for a fixed transfer fee of $24 million plus add-ons worth more than $8.5m.<\/p>\n

Once confirmed, it will be the highest transfer fee ever paid for an Australian, beating Harry Souttar\u2019s move from Stoke City to Leicester City ($23m) in 2023.<\/p>\n

If the add-on fees are paid out, it will be the second-highest MLS transfer fee.<\/p>\n

It has been a rollercoaster journey for the young defender over the last 12 months. In January he had just made the move from the A-League<\/a> to the MLS. <\/p>\n

Previously signed to the Brisbane Roar<\/a>, Herrington was sold to the Rapids for a fee of $800,000. His deal included sell-on clauses.<\/p>\n

Had the Roar not sold their 20 per cent sell-on rights for Herrington in exchange for cash, the club could\u2019ve pocketed $6.5m for Herrington\u2019s move to Hull FC.<\/p>\n

Even though his time at the Rapids was short, the MLS will not let Herrington out of his deal that runs through to 2029 for a song. The club ensured a 15 per cent sell-on fee for any future sale of the defender will be placed in his transfer agreement.<\/p>\n

Herrington\u2019s 18 games in Rapids colours, 16 of which he started in, set him up for both an international debut in March and a MLS All-Star selection<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Just three months after making his Socceroos debut, he played at the World Cup. <\/p>\n

While at the World Cup<\/a>, the teenager become an international sensation, drawing the eyes of Liverpool FC<\/a> and Barcelona <\/a>scouts while representing his country. <\/p>\n

Herrington started in Australia\u2019s third group stage match against Paraguay and then backed up for a penalty shootout defeat, where he stepped up but missed his shot, against Egypt in the round of 32. <\/p>\n

\"Lucas<\/p>\n

Lucas Herrington (left) playing for Colorado Rapids in MLS.\u00a0AP<\/p>\n

Despite missing the shot, Herrington received encouragement from Swedish great Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who praised him for taking on such a big task at a young age.<\/p>\n

He also offered for Herrington to reach out if he wanted someone to lean on. <\/p>\n

Hull City owner Acun Ilicali described Herrington as a \u201cfuture star\u201d when asked earlier this week if the club was in the race to win his signature. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got very big potential, a very young boy,\u201d he told the BBC.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very close, very close [on finalising the deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Herrington is fielded in Hull\u2019s first game of the new season, he will take on English giants Manchester City at his new team\u2019s home ground. <\/p>\n

That match is scheduled to kick off at 9.30pm AEST on August 22.<\/p>\n

Herrington is not the only Australian star who will now feature in a top five league this season, with Paul Okon-Engstler signing with FC Koln in the Bundesliga and Patrick Beach with Troyes in Ligue 1. <\/p>\n

Nestory Irankunda has also attracted interest from top-flight clubs, and has been heavily linked to a move to Portugal<\/a>, although Watford have yet to agree to any deal to let their star forward go. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Socceroos teenager Lucas Herrington is set to become Australia\u2019s most expensive football transfer ever. According to The Athletic,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-840772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}