FC Porto's SAD avoids major sale before 30 June after €1.9m profit | OneFootball

The fact that FC Porto’s SAD closed the first half of the 2025/2026 financial year with a positive net result of 1.9 million euros – above the 0.6 million recorded in the same period a year earlier – removes the need for the club’s directors to complete a major sale by June 30, the closing date of the financial year for clubs under UEFA’s jurisdiction.

The pressure felt in recent transfer windows at the Porto club no longer exists at this moment, and the accounts are now more balanced, although any cash injection is always welcome to create a bigger financial cushion and meet commitments to suppliers. The SAD led by André Villas-Boas has already drawn up a plan for the transfer market, but that investment will be nowhere near, nowhere near, the more than 100 million euros spent in the summer of 2025. As for the departure of some of the most highly valued players in Francesco Farioli’s squad, everything will naturally depend on how the market develops, although the FC Porto president does not intend to make things easy for Europe’s “big sharks” and continues to point to the release clauses of the targeted players.

With Diogo Costa and Froholdt at the top of the list, there are also clubs with strong financial muscle interested in Kiwior, Gabri Veiga, William Gomes and Rodrigo Mora, but the professional football structure does not want to part with any of its main assets. The aim is to keep the core of the championship-winning team and strengthen it surgically, in order to mount a strong title defence and make a good impression in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League.

The accounts for the second half of the season were weighed down by the increase in the wage bill with the four winter signings: the 8 million euros paid for Pietuszewski in January, the permanent signing of Kiwior for 17 million, and the recent signing of João Afonso for 1.5 million. On the other hand, the Dragons generated additional revenue from the sales of Danny Namaso, for 5 million, and Ángel Alarcón, for 2 million, from performance-related clauses involving former players, such as Evanilson, who brought in 2 million, and also from almost 8 million resulting from their Europa League campaign, after the 15.6 million accounted for in the first half.

The Portuguese title will allow for a financial windfall that could rise to 50 million euros through direct entry into the Champions League, thus creating room to strengthen Francesco Farioli’s squad, with the coach having already clearly pointed out the shortcomings he identified to the Porto board. Besides that, after André Silva, who should be officially announced in the coming days, FC Porto’s reinforcements are expected to arrive in time for the start of training at Olival on July 3. Although there is no urgent need to sell players, the SAD still expects to secure significant income, taking into account the players’ increased market value over the course of the season. Diogo Costa has been linked with European champions PSG, but so far no offer, not even an approach, has reached the Dragão.

The captain is considered a central piece in the sporting project, as is Froholdt, but there are other players whose offers could be assessed if they arise, such as Francisco Moura, Alan Varela, Borja Sainz, Pepê and Deniz Gül. Rodrigo Mora is also a desirable name, although everything depends on the figure put on the table to take away the youngster developed at Olival and on his own willingness to leave the club he loves. André Villas-Boas, Tiago Madureira and Henrique Monteiro, in coordination with Francesco Farioli, are working under the utmost secrecy possible…

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