Money raised from surplus players and projected profits | OneFootball

FC Porto's SAD carefully managed the placement, sale, or termination of the large group of players considered surplus, with one exception: Vasco Sousa was loaned to Moreirense with the aim of gaining playing time and returning to Dragão better prepared. The midfielder was loaned to the club with a purchase option set at a high and theoretically deterrent amount – €8 million.

The remaining loaned players – Samuel Portugal, Franco, Namaso, or Iván Jaime – are not expected to return to the blue and whites. Together, including Vasco Sousa, they could generate future revenues exceeding €20 million if the respective purchase options are exercised. Even with an American shareholder (the BKFC fund), it seems unlikely that Moreirense will proceed with the purchase of Vasco Sousa. In the most plausible scenarios, FC Porto could expect a future income of almost €13 million. Immediately, these operations have brought the club €1.465 million.

Some transfers may become automatic. In the case of Namaso, for example, his stay in Ligue 1 and participation in 60% of the matches for Auxerre would trigger a €5 million guarantee. Similarly, the immediate purchase of 80% of Iván Jaime's economic rights by Montréal in the MLS depends on the Spaniard playing 60% of the games: the value varies depending on the activation time – €5 million if by the end of January, €5.5 million if by the end of May.

In terms of player sales that Farioli did not wish to keep (such as Navarro), the result was also positive: €32 million gross. The transfers of Otávio (€17 M, Paris FC), Zé Pedro (€2 M, Cagliari), Gonçalo Borges (€10 M, Feyenoord), and Fran Navarro (€3 M, SC Braga) relieved the wage bill and allowed the management to strengthen other areas of the squad. These deals could still yield an additional €4.25 M upon meeting sporting objectives.

The value of surplus player transfers and bonuses

Finally, also aiming to reduce salary expenses, Grujic (AEK), Fábio Cardoso (Sevilla), and Romário Baró (Radomiak Radom) left at no cost, with FC Porto retaining 40% of the midfielder's economic rights and 25% of any future sale of the center-back. In the case of the Serbian, the SAD eliminated a salary burden close to €2 million net per year. This analysis did not include the transfers of João Mário (€12 M) and Francisco Conceição (€41 M, already with the loan fee) to Juventus, as they are operations unrelated to the group of so-called surplus players.

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