Good and cheap: FC Porto record their lowest summer spend since 2020/21 | OneFootball

The transfer market in Portugal officially closed on Friday, but at FC Porto, the signing of Gabriel Nec, announced two days earlier, brought business to an end. After the record level of buying and selling reached last season, the blue-and-white SAD adopted a much more moderate approach. Between the first team and the B team, 37.4 million euros were invested — a figure that could rise slightly if certain targets are met by the players involved. This amount includes the 17 million euros paid to activate Kiwior’s purchase option, which, in practice, does not count as a new signing, since he had already represented the club the previous season. In terms of departures, income totaled 47.65 million euros, with Rodrigo Mora accounting for the largest share in a deal that could reach 50 million euros, although, for now, only half of that amount should be counted.

For the first team, four signings arrived on free transfers: André Silva, Gimenez, Fofana and Souza. Inbeom required an investment of 4.5 million euros and Gabriel Mec 11 million, to which Kiwior’s 17 million must be added. In total, 32.5 million euros were spent. One has to go back to the 2020/21 season to find a summer transfer window with lower spending on signings: at that time, FC Porto spent 26 million euros, during a period when the SAD was under UEFA scrutiny for failing to comply with Financial Fair Play rules and urgently needed to balance the books.

In addition to Mora, the departures of Deniz Gul, Namaso and Eustáquio brought in 10 million, 5 million and 4.5 million euros respectively.

For the B team, 1.8 million euros were invested in Eirik Granaas, 1.6 million in Niang and 1.5 million in João Afonso. Meanwhile, Alárcon, Domingo Andrade and Gonçalo Sousa generated income of 2 million euros, 1.5 million euros and 150 thousand euros, respectively, from the loan fee.

All things considered, the summer transfer window closed with a positive balance of around 10.25 million euros.

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