Alverca president on Sporting target’s exit: Clubs were aware | OneFootball

Sold to Genoa for 8 million euros, in a deal that could reach 10 million, Alex Amorim was the biggest transfer in Alverca’s history. The president of the SAD, José Miguel Albuquerque, recently explained that the Brazilian midfielder was a player monitored by all Portuguese clubs, such as Sporting, with the financial capacity to sign him.

"It’s only natural that all clubs with the means to pay for this transfer had Alex Amorim perfectly identified, as they surely do with all the others. And obviously, we know our place and our moment in time, we know we need to sell for our operation to keep growing and, therefore, we have healthy and fluid contacts with all the clubs that could afford a transfer of this kind," he began by saying on the Negócios Record program.

"So, they knew that if they wanted to come to the table, they could come to the table. And we were also interested in that, meaning, having that door open to negotiate at any time with any player that a Benfica, a Sporting, a Porto, a Braga, to mention the teams with more muscle, might want to sign," stated the president of the Ribatejo SAD.

It should be noted that the footballer, who was on Sporting’s radar - which condemns a fan - , arrived in Portugal last summer from Fortaleza for around 300 thousand euros. The proceeds from the recent transfer to Genoa were partially shared with the Brazilian club, which was entitled to 30 percent of the deal’s value (around €2.4M).

Alex Amorim - valued at 2.5 million euros - established himself in the first six months of the season as one of the pillars of Custódio’s team, which sits comfortably in 10th place in the table with 24 points: he started every league match and scored two goals.

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