FC Porto offload outcast? “Málaga could be an option…” | OneFootball

Iván Jaime admitted this Thursday the possibility of returning to Málaga, after learning that he is not part of Francesco Farioli's plans at FC Porto.

In an interview with the SupaBros YouTube channel, the Spanish attacking midfielder revealed his desire to represent his boyhood club again in La Liga, following the Andalusian side’s promotion to the top tier of Spanish football.

After a loan spell at Montréal, which chose not to exercise the purchase option included in the deal, the player, who is still under contract with FC Porto, is now looking for a new direction for his career.

“Málaga could be a possibility. I don’t know anything, and I’m not aware of anything, but now that they’ve been promoted to the First Division, it opens up a great possibility, because Málaga is Málaga,” Iván Jaime began by admitting.

Developed at the Spanish club, the player could be close to returning home at a time when the Dragons also do not count on him for the upcoming season.

“I would like to come back here before I retire, although I hope there are still many years left before that. It’s a dream. When I left for Portugal, for Famalicão, I was 19 and my first thought was to stay at Málaga,” he continued.

“I was already playing with the first team, but the coach often told me he couldn’t use me because of registration issues. For me, it was as if they were calling me up to register me with the first team, because I would have stayed, but in the end everything happened differently,” admitted the 25-year-old player.

“When I was in Málaga’s youth ranks, all I thought about was reaching the first team, not becoming a professional footballer,” concluded the Spanish attacking midfielder.

Iván Jaime left Málaga at 19, when he moved to Portugal to play for Famalicão. During the three years he spent at the Minho club, he took on a prominent role, especially in the 2022/23 season, in which he contributed 11 goals and five assists in 33 matches, numbers that earned him a move to FC Porto.

Porto paid around 10 million euros for the player, allowing Famalicão to make a capital gain of 7.5 million euros.

However, his spell at the Estádio do Dragão fell short of expectations. After a season and a half of opportunities to prove his worth, Iván Jaime was loaned to Valencia in the closing stages of the 2024/25 campaign.

Then, in 2025, the midfielder was loaned out again, this time to Montréal. The Canadian club decided not to trigger the purchase option set at 5.5 million euros, after the player made 19 appearances, scoring just two goals and providing one assist.

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