Mateus Mide contract extension is well on track | OneFootball

After the renewals of Bernardo Lima, Duarte Cunha and Yoan Pereira were announced — three of the five Under-17 World Champions developed at Olival — FC Porto have also been working to secure other academy prospects. The blue-and-white SAD has already been negotiating Mateus Mide’s contract extension for several weeks and, at this stage, the process is well on track.

The Dragons’ intention is to quickly finalise an agreement with the young attacking midfielder, so that the matter is settled this month. The aim is to tie the young Portuguese international to the club until 2031 — his current contract expires in a year — and to raise his release clause, which is currently set at €20 million. These are, in fact, the same terms already applied to the trio mentioned above. As soon as the final details are ironed out, Mide, who is currently away with Portugal’s Under-18 national team, will sign the new deal. It is also not out of the question that the talented player will be called up by Francesco Farioli for pre-season, which begins on 1 July at the Jorge Costa Training and Football Development Centre — Lima, Cunha, Yoan, as well as Tiago Silva and André Miranda, are also among the Italian coach’s options.

Mateus Mide’s desire is clear: to keep developing with the dragon on his chest, building on the momentum he gained last season, when he became an Under-17 World Champion with Portugal. The creative midfielder was a key figure in FC Porto’s run to the national Under-19 title, with 11 goals and six assists in 24 matches, and he also earned a place in the B team from January onwards. Under João Brandão, he made 16 appearances, scored two goals and provided three more assists, the last of them on Matchday 34 of Liga 2, in the 2-0 win over Benfica B at Olival.

Once Mide’s renewal is completed, all signs point to Porto’s SAD then moving on to Martim Chelmik, the final player completing the group of World Champions produced by FC Porto’s talent factory.

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