Vitinha at Real Madrid? Here's how much FC Porto would receive | OneFootball

The news landed like a bombshell in the Merengue universe. Florentino Pérez announced on Thursday night that he will move forward with a «record offer» of at least €150 million to sign a «Galáctico»-level player to strengthen the squad that, if the current Real Madrid president wins the elections, will be placed under José Mourinho’s command.

The veteran executive also revealed a few more details, saying that the player in question does not play in the Premier League and is neither a goalkeeper nor a defender. He also ruled out Michael Olise and Harry Kane, stressing that the chosen player has the «stature of Cristiano Ronaldo».

For that reason, and also excluding players from rivals Barcelona, there are two Portuguese players who emerge among the main candidates: Vitinha and João Neves, PSG midfielders.

Both are enjoying a moment of great prominence after their recent Champions League triumph, the second in a row for the Parisian club, and the former had already been linked with Real Madrid on another occasion. The mystery will be cleared up in due course and, for now, the speculation continues to grow. One thing is certain: if the choice falls on Vitinha, FC Porto could benefit from an… unexpected windfall.

Let’s do the math: FIFA’s solidarity mechanism states that clubs involved in a footballer’s development between the ages of 12 and 23 must be compensated with 5 percent of the transfer fee. In Vitinha’s case, using the Transfermarkt calculator as a reference, a €150 million offer from Real Madrid to PSG would generate around €5.25 million for FC Porto’s SAD. Wolverhampton and Padroense would also be entitled to a small residual amount.

It is worth stressing that this is only a hypothetical exercise, not least because there are other names that fit the profile defined by Florentino Pérez, some of them also from PSG — such as Doué, Kvaratskhelia or Barcola. But there is no shortage of rising stars elsewhere: Diomande (Leipzig), Musiala (Bayern) or… Julián Álvarez (Atlético Madrid), among others.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.