FC Porto board decide loan stars' futures before window shuts | OneFootball

Alongside Eustáquio’s return to FC Porto, there are other players who were out on loan and are also expected at Olival in the coming days to begin pre-season, although, for now, there is no intention of integrating any of them into the first-team squad, whose preparations get underway this Wednesday. Until the market closes, the SAD will assess these cases, initially seeking to generate the highest possible financial return from these assets, although not all of them fit that priority.

Breaking it down: Samuel Portugal (Al Akhdoud), Iván Jaime (CF Montréal), Gabriel Veron (Nacional), Dennis Konney (Gondomar) and Kotaro Nagata (Oliveirense) are the players loaned out last season whose futures will be decided in this summer transfer window. Vasco Sousa’s case is different, however: the midfielder, who was loaned to Moreirense, underwent surgery in December for a fracture of the fibula in his right leg, but his post-operative recovery was complicated by a hospital-acquired virus. He returned to Olival after 39 days in hospital and 21 trips to the operating room, and will continue his recovery with Porto’s medical staff.

Another separate case is that of Tomás Pérez. The midfielder, on loan at Atlético Mineiro, will remain in Brazil until December. In May, the Brazilians did not trigger the €5 million clause to acquire 80 percent of the Argentina under-20 international’s rights, but they may still do so until December 31, albeit for a higher amount of €5.5 million.

It is worth noting that, as part of Samuel Portugal’s loan, which brought in a fee of €215,000, the Dragons retained an option to extend the Brazilian’s contract until 2028, exercisable until September, in order to prevent him from entering the final year of his deal.

Three deals brought in €8.65 million

The deals completed by Porto’s SAD involving André Franco, Ángel Alarcón and Danny Namaso guaranteed FC Porto a minimum intake of €8.65 million, a figure that could rise through bonuses and variables. In André Franco’s case, €650,000 fixed is secured for the permanent transfer of 50 percent of the economic rights to Chicago Fire, an amount split into three instalments and which could, through performance targets, rise to close to €865,000, while FC Porto retain half of the Portuguese midfielder’s rights.

Spanish winger Ángel Alarcón, meanwhile, brought in €2 million after Utrecht exercised the purchase option on 50 percent of the economic rights, in a deal with no intermediary costs that also includes 25 percent of a future capital gain for the Dragons. FC Porto also retained the possibility of buying back 40 percent of the 50 percent of Alarcón’s rights now in Utrecht’s hands for €3 million.

Danny Namaso was the most significant file, with €1 million guaranteed through the loan fee to Auxerre and a further €5 million through the permanent transfer, after the criteria that made the purchase option mandatory were met, taking the total intake from this deal alone involving the Cameroon international to €6 million. Added to these figures is up to €700,000 in variable remuneration linked to individual and collective objectives, which could further increase the total value of the Namaso deal.

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