FC Porto to decide loan players' futures before the window shuts | OneFootball

Alongside Eustáquio’s return to FC Porto, there are other players who were out on loan and are also expected at Olival in the coming days to begin pre-season, although, for now, there is no intention of integrating any of them into the first-team squad, which starts work this Wednesday. Until the close of the transfer window, the SAD will assess these situations, initially seeking to generate the highest possible financial return from these assets, although not all of them fit that priority.

One by one: Samuel Portugal (Al Akhdoud), Iván Jaime (CF Montréal), Gabriel Veron (Nacional), Dennis Konney (Gondomar) and Kotaro Nagata (Oliveirense) are the players loaned out last season whose futures will be decided in this summer transfer window. Vasco Sousa’s case is different: the midfielder, who was loaned to Moreirense, underwent surgery in December for a fracture of the fibula in his right leg, but his post-operative recovery was complicated by a hospital-acquired virus. He returned to Olival after 39 days in hospital and 21 trips to the operating room, and he will continue his recovery with Porto’s medical staff.

Another separate case is Tomás Pérez. The midfielder, who is on loan at Atlético Mineiro, will remain in Brazil until December. In May, the Brazilians did not trigger the €5 million clause to acquire 80 percent of the Argentina under-20 international’s registration rights, but they may still do so until December 31, although for a higher amount of €5.5 million.

It is worth noting that, as part of Samuel Portugal’s loan, which brought in a €215,000 fee, the Dragons retained an option to extend the Brazilian’s contract until 2028, exercisable until September, in order to avoid him entering the final year of his deal.

Three deals brought in €8.65 million

The deals completed by Porto’s SAD involving André Franco, Ángel Alarcón and Danny Namaso guaranteed FC Porto a minimum income of €8.65 million, a figure that may increase with bonuses and variables. In André Franco’s case, €650,000 fixed is guaranteed for the permanent transfer of 50 percent of the economic rights to Chicago Fire, an amount split into three instalments and which, with performance targets, could reach close to €865,000, while FC Porto retains half of the Portuguese midfielder’s rights.

Spanish winger Ángel Alarcón, meanwhile, brought in €2 million with the purchase option exercised by Utrecht on 50 percent of the economic rights, in a deal with no intermediary costs and which also includes 25 percent of any future capital gain for the Dragons. FC Porto also reserved the possibility of buying back 40 percent of the 50 percent of Alarcón’s rights now in Utrecht’s hands for €3 million.

Danny Namaso was the most significant file, with €1 million guaranteed from the loan fee to Auxerre and another €5 million from the permanent transfer, after the criteria that made the purchase option mandatory were met, taking the total income from this deal alone involving the Cameroon international to €6 million. Added to these figures are up to €700,000 in variable remuneration linked to individual and collective objectives, which could increase the total value of the operation involving Namaso.

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