FC Porto in race to sign Spanish second-tier champion | OneFootball

Jorge Salinas, a young centre-back who this season was crowned champion of Spain’s second division with Racing Santander, a club that also secured promotion to LaLiga, is being linked in Spain with FC Porto, among several other clubs.

For now, the Santander club already acknowledges that Salinas’s release clause is set at €16 million, an amount that doubled with promotion to LaLiga. Even so, as the 2026/27 season only officially begins on 1 July, Racing continues, until that date, to be regarded as a second-division team, meaning that, by that logic, the player’s clause remains at €8 million.

There is, however, another possible interpretation: the fact that the player is registered with the Royal Spanish Football Federation as part of Racing’s youth team leads some to argue that his release clause is even lower, at €4 million.

Meanwhile, besides FC Porto, “AS” reports that Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer Leverkusen, Bologna and Newcastle – and possibly PSG – are all keeping a close eye on Salinas, who is represented by Portuguese agent Jorge Mendes. Saudi Arabia was also an option for the player last year, but a “very strong offer” was reportedly turned down.

As well as being able to play at left-back, Salinas was one of the standout names in Spain’s second division in the season that has just ended, having started 31 of Racing’s 34 matches across the league and the Copa del Rey, while providing seven assists. His profile has already earned him comparisons with Sergio Ramos.

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