FC Porto finances: early repayments, CAR land, recent transfers | OneFootball

José Pedro Pereira da Costa, the financial director of FC Porto, assured, during the presentation of the accounts for 2024/25 of the dragons, that the SAD is not currently facing any "dark cloud" in terms of possible breaches of UEFA rules that could imply a "possible suspension from European competitions".

The confidence in the evolution of the accounts was evident, the director highlighted, by the early repayment of 79 million euros: two tranches of 26 M€ linked to the anticipation of television revenues to Sagasta; 10 M€ related to a sponsorship; and 17 M€ from various smaller financings. "The average financing rate, without factoring, of the operations that allowed it is around 5.7%, well below the previous 11 and 10%", he stressed.

The assets accounted for in 2024/25 include an investment of 4.2 M€ in the acquisition of land for the future High Performance Centre in Gaia, as well as 5.5 M€ in the renovation works of the Dragão Stadium. Pereira da Costa stated that the members will have better conditions in the venue in the future and pointed out clear signs of willingness to participate in the life of the club, also advancing indicators for the first quarter of the 2025/26 season: the maximum number of annual seats was set at 31,665 (+15% compared to 2023/24), which resulted in an increase in revenue of more than 17%, to 7.6 M€.

As for the balance of player transfers, the director compared the last off-season with the three windows of the current administration. Last summer the accounts point to an investment of 112 M€ (+11 M€ in variables); sales of 77 M€ (+5 M€ in variables); and total commissions of 13 M€, resulting in an average commission of 6.5% per operation. Regarding the variables of the current season, 8 M€ have already been reached, mainly related to Evanilson (Bournemouth) and Francisco Conceição (Juventus).

Regarding the last three market windows (summer of 2024, January of 2025 and summer of 2025), Pereira da Costa revealed an investment of 156.6 M€ for revenues of 259.8 M€ in player transfers, here "including the operations of buying percentages of Samu". "We could have done it only in 2026, but we decided to anticipate. This is to say that, in this context, we have about 60% of the revenue from sales invested in strengthening the team, but, without this aspect of the Samu business, we would be at 55%, therefore working with about half of what we sell", he said.

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