Vitinha to Real Madrid? Here's what FC Porto would get | OneFootball

The news hit the merengue universe like a bomb. On Thursday night, Florentino Pérez announced that he will move forward with a “record bid” of at least €150 million to sign a “Galáctico”-level player to strengthen the squad that, if the current Real Madrid president wins the election, will be managed by José Mourinho.

The veteran executive also revealed a few details, saying that the player in question does not play in the Premier League and is neither a goalkeeper nor a defender. He also ruled out Michael Olise and Harry Kane, stressing that the chosen player has the “stature of Cristiano Ronaldo.”

Therefore, and also excluding players from rivals Barcelona, two Portuguese players emerge among the main candidates: Vitinha and João Neves, PSG midfielders.

Both are enjoying a moment of great prominence after their recent Champions League triumph, the second in a row for the Parisian club, and the former had already been linked with Real Madrid on another occasion. The mystery will be cleared up in due course and, for now, speculation continues to grow. One thing is certain: if the choice falls on Vitinha, FC Porto could benefit from an… unexpected windfall.

Let’s do the math: FIFA’s solidarity mechanism states that clubs involved in a footballer’s development between the ages of 12 and 23 must be compensated with 5 percent of the transfer fee. In Vitinha’s case, using Transfermarkt’s calculator as a reference, a €150 million offer from Real Madrid to PSG would generate around €5.25 million for FC Porto’s SAD. Wolverhampton and Padroense would also be entitled to a smaller amount.

It should be stressed that this is only a hypothetical exercise, not least because there are other names who fit the profile defined by Florentino Pérez, some of them also from PSG — such as Doué, Kvaratskhelia or Barcola. But there is no shortage of rising stars elsewhere: Diomande (Leipzig), Musiala (Bayern) or… Julián Álvarez (Atlético Madrid), among others.

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