“Renewal is right”: Aloísio Alves backs FC Porto move for Kiwior | OneFootball

A luxury reinforcement, the Polish defender Kiwior formed a remarkable partnership with his compatriot Bednarek at the heart of the national champions’ defense. FC Porto wasted no time and immediately announced that it had exercised the option to buy 100 percent of the 26-year-old center-back’s rights, setting his release clause at 70 million euros.

Aloísio Alves, the defender with the most appearances in FC Porto’s history, with 474 matches, the club’s third most-used player ever, behind only João Pinto (588 games) and Vítor Baía (567), applauds André Villas-Boas’s decision. “FC Porto’s scouting department, directly together with the president, saw Kiwior as a great option for the club. I think the renewal is a good thing and the fans are happy too,” the former Brazil international told newspaper O JOGO.

Now 62, Aloísio highlights the Polish pairing at the center of the national champions’ defense. “Kiwior and Bednarek are two national-team players, Poland internationals. They complement each other very well. Bednarek also reads the game well, is tall, and is strong in the air both defensively and offensively. They fit together very well,” he says, while pointing out some aspects Kiwior can still improve. “Given his height and physical build, he can improve his play in the opposition box to score goals.”

A center-back of enormous quality, Aloísio occasionally played as a left-back for FC Porto, as has also happened with the Polish defender, but the former Brazil international believes that “it is as a center-back that Kiwior performs at 100 percent.” “Being a center-back and playing like a midfielder is easier than playing at left-back, because it requires different positioning and different characteristics, especially since nowadays the game is played a lot down the wings, where quick and skillful players appear.”

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