FC Porto know €28.5m is not enough to sign Caleb Yirenkyi | OneFootball

The fact that Caleb Yirenkyi is on FC Porto’s list of targets is no longer news, not least because André Villas-Boas himself recently admitted that the Ghanaian midfielder is being monitored by the Dragons. Even so, at the time, the president did not hide that this is a very difficult deal, given the player’s high valuation — something now confirmed by Alexander Riget, football director of Danish side Nordsjaelland.

“We have already turned down major offers for him in recent times, including bids close to the Superliga record, which, as far as I know, we hold. So we need a little more than that,” the official told the website ‘Bold’, setting the bar for a possible Yirenkyi departure above €28.5 million, the amount paid by Molenbeek (a partner club of Lyon) to sign fellow Ghanaian Ernest Nuamah. In this way, FC Porto’s board now knows that, to secure the young Ghana international, it will have to submit an offer in the region of €30 million, as well as fend off competition from several Premier League clubs.

According to Alexander Riget, this negotiating stance from the Danes is the result of several years of good management, which have left the club’s finances in positive shape. “We are in a position where we can say no until we feel the price is right, and that is the case here,” said the official, dismissing the idea that it is the performances at the 2026 World Cup, where Yirenkyi scored the winning goal for Ghana against Panama, that are drawing the attention of Europe’s biggest clubs to the 20-year-old: “Throughout the spring, we had many clubs coming to visit us, including some major ones. So the clubs already know he is a talented player. That homework has already been done.”

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