Mateus Mide contract extension is well on track | OneFootball

After the renewals of Bernardo Lima, Duarte Cunha and Yoan Pereira were announced—three of the five Under-17 world champions developed at Olival—FC Porto has also been working to secure other academy prospects. The club’s board has already been negotiating Mateus Mide’s contract extension for several weeks and, at this stage, the process is well on track.

The Dragons’ intention is to quickly finalize an agreement with the young attacking midfielder, so that the situation is settled later this month. The aim is to tie the young Portugal international to the club until 2031—the current deal expires in a year—and increase his release clause, which is currently set at €20 million. These are, moreover, the same terms already applied to the trio mentioned above. As soon as the final details are sorted out, Mide, who is currently with Portugal’s Under-18 national team, will sign the new deal. It is also not out of the question that the talented player will be called up by Francesco Farioli for pre-season, which begins on July 1 at the CTFD Jorge Costa—Lima, Cunha, Yoan, as well as Tiago Silva and André Miranda, are also among the Italian coach’s options.

Mateus Mide’s desire is clear: to continue developing with the dragon on his chest, building on the momentum gained last season, in which he became an Under-17 world champion with Portugal. The creative midfielder was a key figure in FC Porto’s run to the national Under-19 title, with 11 goals and six assists in 24 matches, and he also earned a place in the B team from January onward. Under João Brandão, he made 16 appearances, scored two goals and provided three more assists, the last of them on matchday 34 of Liga 2, in the 2-0 win over Benfica B at Olival.

Once Mide’s renewal is completed, all signs point to Porto’s board then moving on to Martim Chelmik, the final member of the group of world champions produced by FC Porto’s talent factory.

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