FC Porto beat the rest of Europe to Kelvin Nkrumah | OneFootball

Kelvin Nkrumah is very close to becoming a new signing for FC Porto’s B team. The information was released this Monday by the president of Medeama SC, the club where the young Ghana international currently plays.

According to the local press, the player has attracted significant interest from several European clubs, but he is expected to join the club led by André Villas-Boas, in an attempt to give his still short career a new boost.

The president of Medeama SC revealed that FC Porto ‘stole a march on’ mainly Austrian clubs, although the details of the deal are not yet known. According to Transfermarkt, Kelvin Nkrumah is valued at 100 thousand euros.

Since 2023/24, the season in which he made his debut for Medeama SC’s first team at just 16 years old, the forward has played 53 matches for the Ghanaian side. Of those games, 30 came last season.

Despite playing as a left-sided forward, the young player scored only three goals, while also contributing two assists.

Backing young players has been a constant in this transfer window

If the move to the Estádio do Dragão is confirmed, Kelvin Nkrumah will be another young signing to join Porto’s setup this season. André Villas-Boas has taken on an important role in building FC Porto’s future.

The first youngster to arrive was Eirik Granaas. The Norwegian player, just 16 years old, joined the blue-and-white B team for around 1.8 million euros, a fee paid for 100% of his economic rights. The agreement also provides for the payment of up to 1.5 million euros to Fredrikstad if certain targets are met.

Then came Cardoso Varela, one of Portugal’s biggest prospects in world football. The player arrived from Dinamo Zagreb on a free transfer, in a return long desired by André Villas-Boas.

More recently, FC Porto once again invested several million euros in the signing of Mame Niang from HamKam. The 20-year-old Senegalese forward cost 1.6 million euros in a fixed fee, will initially stay with the B team, and signed until 2030. The contract includes a 30-million-euro release clause, in what was another move by the Dragons into the Norwegian market in search of young talent.

Now joining the group of three players who could establish themselves over the coming seasons, and who remain in regular contact with the first team coached by Francesco Farioli, is the captain of Ghana’s under-20 national team. Kelvin Nkrumah is 18 years old, but has been part of Medeama SC’s first team since he was 16.

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