“Thanks, Vasco, for everything”: Andrey joins United, Vasco get R$8.2m

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·14 July 2026

“Thanks, Vasco, for everything”: Andrey joins United, Vasco get R$8.2m

A product of Vasco, midfielder Andrey Santos is officially the new signing of Manchester United for the remainder of the European season. Sold by Chelsea for 56 million euros (around R$ 329 million at the current exchange rate), the 22-year-old midfielder signed a five-season contract with the English club.

In his official presentation, the young player made a point of showing enormous gratitude and gave an emotional thank-you to the Gigante da Colina, the club where he began his football journey at six years old and stayed for more than a decade.

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During an interaction on the club’s social media, the player highlighted the social and educational support he received at São Januário in his personal development:

“I just want to say thank you to my previous club, Vasco. I was there for about 12 years, it’s a lifetime. I arrived there when I was six years old, I scored my first goal there, I played my first match when I was 16 or 17, and I just want to say thank you to Vasco because they helped me a lot. They gave me school, they gave me food… They gave everything to me and my family.”

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Andrey Santos thanked Vasco for everything the club gave him – Photo: Thiago Ribeiro/AGIF

How will Vasco receive the R$ 8.2 million from the solidarity mechanism?

The midfielder’s international transfer to England will guarantee excellent financial revenue for Vasco’s coffers as his training club through FIFA’s solidarity mechanism. In total, the board will be entitled to receive approximately 1.4 million euros (around R$ 8.2 million). As the player turned 12 through 18 while wearing the club’s shirt, the amounts will be divided in detail according to the following percentages corresponding to each training season:

The player’s 12th birthday: 0.25% (R$ 820,000)
The player’s 13th birthday: 0.25% (R$ 820,000)
The player’s 14th birthday: 0.25% (R$ 820,000)
The player’s 15th birthday: 0.25% (R$ 820,000)
The player’s 16th birthday: 0.5% (R$ 1.64 million)
The player’s 17th birthday: 0.5% (R$ 1.64 million)
The player’s 18th birthday: 0.5% (R$ 1.64 million)

Despite confirmation of the player’s transfer fee, fans will need to be patient before seeing this money turned into signings. Football director Admar Lopes explained in a press conference that the transfer of the money does not happen immediately, as it is a bureaucratic and slow collection process involving FIFA.

The immediate priority of the Vasco management remains organizing cash flow to make loan signings possible and seeking the budgetary rebalancing of the SAF.

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