FC Porto have leeway to stand firm in the market until 30 June | OneFootball

If Europe’s richest clubs operate like sharks, then in the vast ocean of the transfer market FC Porto is well protected against the continent’s biggest predators. And that is a particularly relevant reality during the current transfer window, which runs until the 30th of this month, the date on which UEFA clubs also close their financial year.

Porto’s SAD is not obliged to make a major sale by the end of the month to keep the books, if not in positive territory, then at least balanced. Any deal involving the departure of an important asset, worth several million euros, will still remain possible depending on the offers that arrive at the Estádio do Dragão, but FC Porto has room to resist a sale made under pressure.

In practical terms, that means any interested party in the club’s main figures, such as Diogo Costa, Kiwior, Froholdt, Gabri Veiga or Mora, will face a dragon that is hard to beat, one that will not lower its demands to secure a truly multi-million-euro fee before 30 June. A prospect that will certainly please the club’s supporters, aware that in the past this need ended up forcing the SAD to negotiate important assets close to the end of financial years. The most high-profile examples of recent years are Luis Díaz, transferred to Liverpool for €45 million on 30 January 2022, at the very end of the winter window—in that case because of liquidity needs—and, later that same year, Vitinha’s move to PSG for €41.5 million, precisely on 30 June, with the aim of ensuring compliance with UEFA’s financial control targets.

A sale is possible, but not necessarily a blockbuster one

It is true that, after a positive balance of €1.9 million in the first half of 2025/26, the accounts for the second half of the season came under greater pressure, mainly for four reasons: the increase in the wage bill due to the four winter signings, the €8 million agreed for the purchase of Pietuszewski in January, the permanent signing of Kiwior for €17 million, and the recent arrival of João Afonso for €1.5 million. Even so, FC Porto also generated additional income from the sales of Danny Namaso (€5 million) and Ángel Alarcón (€2 million), from performance-related clauses involving former players such as Evanilson (€2 million), as well as, in practical terms, around €8 million from their Europa League campaign, after the €15.6 million received in the first half of the year.

So, it is clear that, by the end of the month, FC Porto may well sell one of its most highly rated players on the market, but it will not do so because of any particular financial pressure. A possible deal of more moderate value, in the region of €10 million, would be enough to keep the financial year well on track, even before Champions League prize money returns to Invicta after two seasons away. And that could also be an important factor in the financial management of next season, considering that average revenue for clubs reaching the league phase should be between €40 million and €60 million.

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