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The Futebol Clube do Porto must pay ten million euros in commissions resulting from the transfer of the athlete Fábio Silva, 18, to the English club Wolverhampton, for 40 million euros, according to the municipal club Invicta reported to the Securities Market Commission on Wednesday night.
At the origin of the commissions related to the transfer of the Under-19 international is the “execution of previously reached agreements” that resulted in “charges for intermediation services”. Of the ten million euros that FC Porto will have to assume, seven million will be paid to Gestifute, the company of sports businessman Jorge Mendes. and the remaining three million must be delivered to STV.
The amounts to be paid to the two companies already include goal prizes, as a result of the sale of the pass from Fábio Silva to Wolverhampton. Thus, the ten million that FC Porto will have to pay correspond to 25% of the player’s global transfer value, so the Blue and White club will only receive 30 million.
It was on September 5 that the club led by Pinto da Costa for almost 40 years informed the CMVM that the English from Wolverhampton, a club trained by the Portuguese Nuno Espírito Santo, hired Fábio Silva for 40 million euros.
Fábio Silva was the most expensive contract in the history of the English emblem, having signed a contract until 2025.
The arrival of the young Portuguese athlete reinforces the Portuguese fleet in that English club. In addition to Nuno Espírito Santo, the emblem of the Premier League already includes Rui Patrício, Rúben Vinagre, Rúben Neves, Bruno Jordão, João Moutinho, Vitinha, Pedro Neto, Daniel Podence and Diogo Jota.
The only 18-year-old forward, considered at the Estádio do Dragão as a “wonderful boy”, trained at Nogueirense, Gondomar, FC Porto and Benfica. In 2017 he returned to FC Porto and until he reached the senior team, in the 2019/2020 season, Fábio Silva stood out for the under-19s, joining the team that won the UEFA Youth League.
In the Blue and Whites’ main squad, last season, Fábio Silva added 21 games (eight as a starter) and three goals (two in the Portuguese Cup and one in the Liga NOS). The player won the championship and the Portuguese Cup.
The athlete also has the mark of being the youngest FC Porto player to compete in UEFA competition, having participated in the club’s victory over Swiss Young Boys, in a match that counts for group G of the Europa League. . in September 2019.
He is also the youngest FC Porto player to score a goal for the main team, a feat achieved in October 2019, when Fábio Silva scored one of five goals in the Blue and Whites’ victory over Coimbrões, in a La Liga match. Portugal Cup. . The player was then 17 years and three months.
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