No moves for Diogo Costa: FC Porto want to keep captain at Olival | OneFootball

Goalkeeper Diogo Costa stood out at the Club World Cup, but Porto’s board has still not received any contact. Farioli and the club intend to keep the captain, offering him the No. 2 shirt. On Wednesday, he began his holiday period and will return to Olival before the team presentation. In principle, he will only leave for a major European club.

The goalkeeper will enjoy his holidays starting this Thursday (he arrived in Lisbon on Wednesday morning from the United States) and has been instructed to report to Olival well after the training camp the team will hold in England between the 13th and 18th of this month. There is still no set date, but newspaper O JOGO reports that it will be closer to the presentation to members, scheduled for 25 July. Despite playing in a very specific position and not needing much adaptation, it is likely that this “delay” in his return will cost him his starting place in goal for FC Porto in the Super Cup match against Torreense.

His performances at the Club World Cup have put Diogo Costa back in the spotlight and increased his market value even further, while also giving the administration led by André Villas-Boas stronger negotiating grounds, allowing them to raise their demands if any interested party emerges. Diogo Costa has already said several times that he is happy at FC Porto, where he is captain, a key figure, a fans’ idol, and the highest-paid player in the squad. To leave, more than a multimillion offer, it would have to be for a major European club that would allow him to keep competing for domestic and international titles.

As already mentioned, Diogo will return to Olival in time for the squad’s presentation event for club members. If there are still no developments in this case by then, that will be the ideal occasion to see whether he has accepted the challenge set by André Villas-Boas to change the 99 on his shirt to the No. 2, as a tribute to Jorge Costa.

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