FC Porto: Anselmi’s extra costs and fall in external services | OneFootball

FC Porto recorded additional charges for acquisitions between the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons, with the increase largely due to signings made in January, notably Martín Anselmi, as well as William Gomes and Tomás Pérez.

In 2023/24, the additional charges for acquisitions totaled €5.2M, resulting from the acquisitions of Otávio (€1.2M), Alan Varela (€1.2M), Nico González (€1.1M) and other smaller operations (€1.7M). In the most recent year, this value increased by €500,000 to €5.7M, driven by signings such as Samu (€2.7M), Gabri Veiga (€1.25M) and other operations (€970,000). The increase occurred in January, with €409,000 associated with Martín Anselmi, €317,000 for William Gomes and €93,000 for the acquisition of Tomás Pérez.

The book value of the squad rose from €102.7M to €118.8M, while the number of assets increased from 43 to 56. Of the total, 15 assets have a value greater than €2M, compared to 12 in the previous year.

In the customer item related to transfer transactions - essentially amounts to be received from sales and associated values - the main change is related to the payment schedule: the current went from €6.7M to €61.3M, while the non-current decreased from €19.2M to €5.7M.

In turn, the amounts owed to suppliers linked to transfer transactions, mainly clubs and agents, increased in non-current liabilities, from €27.2M to €51.2M, while the current reduced from €92.6M to €67.1M. In 2024/25, the main creditors were Gestifute, from Jorge Mendes (€15.2M), Al Ahli Jeddah (€14.9M), At. Madrid (€14.2M) and Barcelona (€13.3M).

Regarding supplies and external services, there was a reduction of about €10M. The most significant drops occurred in specialized works (from €17M to €8.8M), subcontracting (€7.2M to €6.5M), athletes' image rights (€6.7M to €3.8M), conservation and repair (€3M to €1.4M) and representation expenses (€1M to €202,000). On the other hand, rents and leases (€1.6M to €3.2M) and communication (€795,000 to €1.4M) increased significantly.

Finally, in personnel costs, the remuneration of the governing bodies fell from €2.6M to €660,000; the remuneration of athletes and technical team decreased from almost €63M to €53M; while staff remuneration increased from €9.7M to €13.5M. Overall, remuneration charges decreased by €1M.

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