FC Porto know €28.5m won't be enough for Caleb Yirenkyi | OneFootball

The fact that Caleb Yirenkyi is on FC Porto’s list of targets is no longer news, not least because it was André Villas-Boas himself who 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 Denmark’s 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 still hold. So we need a little more than that,” the executive told the ‘Bold’ website, setting the bar for a possible Yirenkyi departure above 28.5 million euros, the amount paid by Molenbeek (a partner club of Lyon) to sign fellow Ghanaian Ernest Nuamah. In this way, Porto’s SAD already knows that, to secure the young Ghana international, it will have to present a fee of around 30 million euros, as well as overcome 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 has 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 executive, dismissing the idea that it is Yirenkyi’s performances at the 2026 World Cup, where he scored Ghana’s winning goal against Panama, that are drawing the attention of Europe’s biggest clubs to the 20-year-old: “Throughout the spring, we had many clubs visiting us, including some major ones. So clubs already know he is a talented player. That groundwork has already been done.”

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