Porto snap up striker Santiago Giménez amidst busy close to transfer market in Portugal | OneFootball

Mexican striker Santiago Giménez signs for FC Porto from AC Milan for a fee of around €20 million (Photo: fcporto.pt)

It was a busy last few days of the transfer market in Portugal, with Primeira Liga teams making final adjustments to their squads for the 2026/27 season.

PortuGOAL rounds up the late moves involving Portugal’s major clubs.

FC Porto

The standout late signing of the window was Mexican striker Santiago Giménez, bought by Porto for a fee of €18 million + €2m in add-ons from AC Milan. The 25-year-old scored prolifically when first arriving in Europe, hitting the net 65 times in 105 games for Feyenoord. That goal-scoring rate earned him a big move to AC Milan, but he was unable to replicate his form in Série A (7 goals in 37 matches), and missed most of last season through injury.

Porto have also brought back midfielder Seko Fofana for another loan spell from French club Rennes. The Ivory Coast international was a big hit last season, scoring important goals in the Dragons’ Liga Portugal triumph.

Two young full-backs have also been acquired. Right-back Emanuel Benjamín, 19 years old, has been signed from Real Madrid, while 20-year-old left-back João Souza has been brought in on loan from Tottenham Hotspur.

Striker Deniz Gul has left the club, signing for Galatasaray for a €10 million fee.

Sporting

Sporting continued their reset by saying goodbye to two stalwarts of their recent success, Pedro Gonçalves and Daniel Bragança. Pote was sold to Fiorentina for €22.5 million plus €2.5m in add-ons, while Bragança is also off to Italy, Torino signing the midfielder for €4 million.

Georgian midfielder Giorgi Kochorashvili has also been offloaded, joining Sevilla in exchange for a reported fee of €4 million.

The Lions have made changes in the goalkeeper position too, signing giant Brazilian Kaique Pereira from Palmeiras and selling João Virgínia to Wolves.

Sporting also brought in 17-year-old Moroccan left-back Moncef Zekri, signed from Belgian club Mechelen.

Pedro Gonçalves and Daniel Bragança both won three championship titles for Sporting

Benfica

Another Moroccan left-back arriving in Lisbon is Souffian El Karouani. Benfica have signed the 25-year-old on loan from Al-Qadsiah with an option to buy the defender at the end of the season for a fee of €10 million.

A similar deal is in the final stages of negotiation for Argentinian attacking midfielder Claudio Echeverri. The 20-year-old will sign for Benfica on loan from Manchester City, with an option to make the move permanent for a fee of between 10 and 15 million euros.

Braga

Braga made two late signings in the transfer window, both of whom saw minutes in Monday’s 1-0 victory over Vitória in the Minho derby. 21-year-old Serbian striker Jovan Milosevic has signed a 5-year contract at the Quarry, Braga paying Stuttgart for €8 million for the centre-forward who impressed on loan at Partizan Belgrade last season, scoring 16 goals in 23 games.

Young Barcelona prospect Tommy Marqués has also been snapped up for a fee of €11 million plus €1m in add-ons. The defensive midfielder played twice for Barcelona’s senior team last season.