FC Porto raked in €260 million from player sales under Villas-Boas | OneFootball

259.8 million euros accumulated. In three transfer windows led by André Villas-Boas, FC Porto recorded this substantial revenue.

To the 63.4 million euros obtained in the summer of 2024, 85.7 million from this transfer window are added. In between, the club experienced an unusual winter market, driven by the 110.8 million collected from the sales of Nico González (Manchester City) and Galeno (Al Ahli).

In total, the current administration of FC Porto achieved nearly 260 million euros, an amount that largely helped finance the biggest investment ever in signings.

The very positive balance in the two previous windows allowed the club to spend 112.5 million euros this summer. That is, most of the 156.6 million moved in the three markets – a value that, nevertheless, corresponds to about 60% of the revenue from player sales.

«In these values, we are already including the operation to purchase the remaining value of Samu's pass, whose option we decided to anticipate. If we removed the impact of this acquisition, we would have invested about half of what we sold. Even so, we currently have a record value of the squad, which is valued at 392 million euros, according to Transfermarkt,» stated José Pereira da Costa, CFO of FC Porto, during the presentation of the SAD accounts, which took place this Wednesday at the Estádio do Dragão.

«There was a profound transformation in the management and finances of the club, obviously linked to many operations we carried out, of which we highlight the Dragon Notes and the deal with Ithaka, as well as the player sales last summer and in January this year. All of this has a significant impact on these accounts. FC Porto could not have restructured financially if it hadn't carried out these operations. The 110 million euros from the sales of Galeno and Nico González in January may have had a sporting impact on the main team, but these are operations we had to do to keep the club as a members' club and to meet our obligations to suppliers, players, clubs, and agents,» said Villas-Boas.

With the most critical phase overcome, FC Porto made the largest expenditure in its history during this transfer break. Of the total 112.5 million spent, the investments in Froholdt (20 M€), Alberto Costa (15 M€), Gabri Veiga (14.9 M€), and Borja Sainz (13.3 M€) stand out, in addition to the purchase of the remaining part of Samu's pass (17 M€) and the activation of Nehuén Pérez's clause (13.25 M€).

It is worth mentioning that the loan of Fábio Vieira did not involve any cost, as the Portuguese midfielder did not meet the minimum sporting variables that would require FC Porto to compensate Arsenal.

In contrast, the transfer of Francisco Conceição to Juventus (32 M€) was the club's biggest deal in a transfer window that yielded more than 85 million. Other significant revenues came from the departures of Otávio (17 M€, Paris FC), João Mário (12 M€, Juventus), and Gonçalo Borges (10 M€, Feyenoord).

It should also be noted that FC Porto paid around 10 million euros in commissions to intermediaries in player buying and selling operations, with almost a third of that amount related to the departure of Francisco Conceição.

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