Chelsea ordered to shell out £3.5m for Sturridge - but City could yet net £7m

Chelsea have been ordered to pay Manchester City £3.5million for striker Daniel Sturridge but the fee could rise to £6.5m.Both clubs said they were satisfied with the decision reached by the Professional Football Compensation Committee on Thursday.City will receive an initial £3.5m for the 20-year-old plus an extra £500,000 for every 10 senior appearances he makes up to 40. Bright start: Sturridge (centre) is mobbed after scoring against Watford in the FA CupSturridge has already played eight times for Chelsea, so two moregames will trigger the first £500,000 payment, and he is expected tofeature regularly this month with Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou atthe Africa Cup of Nations.  Sturridge - the Chelsea boy who's been told he's brilliant all his life must deliverRoman Abramovich cuts off Hiddink's Russia funding: Guus free to join JuveRoberto Mancini has vowed to make me Micah the Great: Manchester City boss sees my potential, insists RichardsCHELSEA FC

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