Villas-Boas says Porto tracked Bartosz Mazurek, interest remains despite Salzburg move | OneFootball

Benfica tracked Bartosz Mazurek closely before the Polish midfielder chose Red Bull Salzburg, and he later admitted a move to Benfica had been a concrete possibility. Porto also monitored his rise, with André Villas-Boas indicating the club remain attentive to his progress.

"I do not hide that we closely followed Bartosz Mazurek's development and we were interested in him. However, he ended up signing for Red Bull Salzburg," said André Villas-Boas to WP SportoweFakty.

Now 19, Mazurek came through at Jagiellonia Bialystok, progressing from under-17 level to the B team and then the senior side across 2024/25 and 2025/26.

He joined the Austrian club in the summer for 6 million euros and has begun to justify the outlay, delivering two goals and three assists in 14 matches this season.

"For that reason, we continue to monitor the Polish market and look for new talents. He has enormous talent and we will keep a close eye on his progress."

Source: Glorioso 1904

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