FC Porto Transfer News: Al Ittihad & Rodrigo Mora Deal Off?

Al Ittihad decided to withdraw from the negotiating table after FC Porto refused the proposal of 50 million euros, which did not include bonuses or percentages about a future sale of the player. Even though these elements were added, André Villas-Boas pointed from the beginning to the amount of the termination clause set at 70 million euros. In addition, the president of the blues and whites was also irreducible regarding the refusal to pay a 10% commission on the business, as Ball explained.

Given this position, the conversations led by Player Acquisition Center of Excellence), a body linked to the sovereign background of Saudi Arabia and the League, have come to an end, at least for now. It should be noted that the Saudi Arabia transfer market ends only on September 10, a date after the closure of the transfer window in Portugal. Jorge Mendes, the player’s agent, can also bring a second proposal. However, everything below 70 million euros will be refused. At this time, the meetings were given as finished and no new round was scheduled.

It is recalled that in September 2024, Galen’s transfer to Al Ittihad, valued at 50 million euros, also failed. At the time, the Saudi club chose to hire Steven Bergwijn, extreme Dutch, leading FC Porto to issue a statement where he criticized Al Ittihad’s posture and threatened to advance with a complaint to FIFA. This history led SAD Portista to approach Rodrigo’s business lives with caution, remaining firm in his demands and attentive to the movements of Al Ittihad, who has also shown interest in Bruno Fernandes, a player who recently declined a millionaire offer from Al Hilal.

To realize the business in the molds required by Villas-Boas, FC Porto would have closed the largest transfer in its history, surpassing the € 60 million paid by Al Nassr by Octavius in August 2023, and the same amount spent by City by Nico González last January. Otávio generated an added value of € 39.6 million, while the Spanish midfielder walked in the same order of greatness, € 39.36 million. In the case of Mora, because it is active formed at the house, the surplus value is all of FC Porto, which would represent a significant fit and an excellent management fund not only to attack the rest of the market, but to shoot down the debt and even channel any of this money for construction, in the surroundings of olive groves, the new high performance center.

If there is no such economic value, it remains to be realized if there is sports value after this episode that motivated Farioli’s dry comment at the game’s pre-preceding press conference against Casa Pia.