Deal done: Kiwior joins FC Porto, fee could rise to €27 million | OneFootball

FC Porto and Arsenal have agreed on the transfer of Jakub Kiwior, reveals Fabrizio Romano this Friday. The 25-year-old Polish international arrives on loan until the end of the current season, with a purchase obligation set for the summer of 2026, in a deal that could reach 27 million euros.

According to the Italian journalist and transfer specialist, the loan fee will be two million euros, while the purchase obligation is set at 17 million.

Thus, between the loan and definitive acquisition, the total is 19 million euros, an amount that could rise to 27 million depending on the achievement of objectives linked to the Polish defender's sporting performance.

FC Porto's management had already reached an agreement with Jakub Kiwior, only awaiting Arsenal's authorization for the departure of a player who, although not indispensable, was considered useful by Mikel Arteta.

However, Arsenal's officials have reportedly completed the signing of Piero Hincapié from Bayer Leverkusen, thus allowing them to let go of the Polish international, who can play both as a left-back and as a central defender.

Most expensive defender in history

With an investment that could reach 27 million euros, FC Porto ensures the arrival of Jakub Kiwior, who goes straight to the top of the most expensive central defenders in the history of Portuguese football.

According to Transfermarkt records, it is currently David Carmo who leads this ranking, having cost the dragons more than 20 million euros, coming from Sp. Braga.

Next are Zeno Debast, signed by Sporting from Anderlecht a year ago for 15.5 million euros, and Nicolás Otamendi, who arrived at Benfica in the summer of 2020 for 15 million euros.

Jakub Kiwior also becomes the tenth reinforcement for FC Porto for the 2025/26 season, bringing the number of new faces in the squad to ten and theoretically forming a duo with compatriot Jan Bednarek, who also transferred to Portugal this summer.

Pablo Rosario, coming from Nice, was announced as a reinforcement for the dragons yesterday morning, Thursday, and joins the already confirmed reinforcements: Victor Froholdt (Copenhagen), Gabri Veiga (Al Ahli), Alberto Costa (Juventus), Borja Sainz (Norwich), Jan Bednarek (Southampton), Dominik Prpić (Hajduk Split), Luuk de Jong (free of charge) and João Costa (Estrela da Amadora).

Villas-Boas had stated in July, during the presentation of Francesco Farioli as the successor of Martín Anselmi, that FC Porto could be facing the "biggest market in its history" and that over 100 million euros had already been invested in reinforcements – an amount that includes Kiwior.

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