I did wonder that, this from The Athletic though:

"Dafabet’s arrival in the summer of 2019 was labelled a club-record deal, worth in excess of £5 million a year. The BK8 deal comes slightly under that mark but is still seen as a very good financial package due to the current economic climate and continuing coronavirus pandemic."

Presumably there was some break clause or something similar in the Dafabet contract which reduced its value.

Posted By: NxNW, Jun 7, 22:00:11