Farioli picks nine youngsters for FC Porto pre-season, Mide in | OneFootball

FC Porto have set the start of pre-season for June 1, and Francesco Farioli already has virtually every detail mapped out, starting with the group of players he will be able to work with, in a journey that he himself hopes will end only with the recovery of the national championship title.

The squad overhaul began to take shape with the departures of Thiago Silva and Luuk de Jong, both at the end of their contracts, and of Seko Fofana and Terem Moffi, who returned to Rennes and Nice respectively at the end of their loan spells. Then came João Afonso, from Santa Clara, for €1.5 million, and André Silva on a free transfer.

Even so, the process will not stop here. The board led by André Villas-Boas is still working on the reinforcements requested by the Italian coach, but the truth is that some solutions may emerge… from Olival. According to this Tuesday’s edition of O Jogo, the coach wants to assess a total of nine youngsters over the coming weeks.

They are Yoan Pereira, Luís Gomes, Tiago Silva, Bernardo Lima, Mateus Mide, João Teixeira, André Miranda, Duarte Cunha and Eduardo Ferreira, who will have the opportunity to prove they have what it takes to join the first-team squad in the new 2026/27 season.

Only the goalkeeping department is unlikely to receive players from the academy, as it is already covered by Diogo Costa, Cláudio Ramos, João Costa and João Afonso. And among the trio that were crowned European and world champions, Martim Chelmik ended up being the only one who, for now, has not been called up to make the step up.

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