It was a declared wish since last summer, it became a priority with the confirmation of Sarabia’s departure, it is now a reality: Sporting made official Francisco Trincao, a 22-year-old Portuguese international who was at Barcelona, as reinforcement for the next season. The striker trained in Sp. Braga arrives definitively and in exchange for 10 million euros for half of the pass.
After long negotiations with Barcelona, accelerated after the confirmation by the English from Wolverhampton that they would not activate the player’s purchase clause and that at first (until David Neres had the opportunity) Benfica should also continue the situation, closed Sporting. an agreement with the Catalans to retain the Portuguese international — and that turns out to be different to what has been on the table in recent weeks, with the lions permanently sticking with Trincao.
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– Sporting Club of Portugal (@Sporting_CP) July 13, 2022
In the first instance, what was being discussed in the leonine SAD proposal was a loan season with a purchase option that was below 15 million euros, much less than what Barcelona expected to receive for a player for whom he paid €31m in the summer of 2020. Sporting then admitted to raising the value of the mandatory option clause after a transfer for one or two years. However, what has been confirmed implies a indefinite contract for Alvalade’s team, which invests 10 million for half of Francisco Trincão’s pass, leaving a reserve for you to acquire the remaining 50% through the agreed amounts.
The 10 million will be paid in stages until next year, 2023, and Sporting will now pay three million euros for the transfer of the season, something that guarantees 10% of the pass to the lions. In June 2023, the Portuguese club will He will compulsorily pay another seven million to get another 40% of the player’s economic rights, who at that time definitely enters the Leonine ranks until 2027. Barcelona, on the other hand, has a buyback option worth €15m, but only next year, with that value increasing progressively with each passing season. The p. Braga, in addition, adjusts 300 thousand euros related to the solidarity mechanism for being the training club. Trincão has been in Lisbon since Saturday, having been seen this Monday having lunch with his father next to Avenida da Liberdade and the next day passing through the Academy and Alvalade, and now he will join the practices in Lagos after having signed a contract.
Trincao, Mahrez de Minho who needed authorization to travel with Sp. Braga and will now be Barcelona’s reinforcement
That is, and against a scenario that placed the Portuguese international as the largest possible signing in the history of the lions (exceeding 16 million euros for 70% of Paulinho’s pass, in addition to the transfer of Borja and the transfer of Sporar ), Sporting uses a model that it had already used in the cases of Pedro Gonçalves, Manuel Ugarte or Matheus Nunes, starting by buying half of the ski pass and, depending on economic possibilities and sports performance, being able to increase that 50%. The Catalan team keeps half of the player’s pass and receives, at the moment, 10 million for the Portuguese.
This is, at the moment and virtually, the last signing at this point in the Rúben Amorim squad. In addition to Daniel Bragança’s injury and doubts about whether he will leave or not Matheus Nunes, who if he receives a proposal of 45 million plus five for goals, can even leave Alvalade opening a vacancy for a direct replacement, There is still the possibility that another player will arrive to reinforce the attack but in a “business opportunity” scenario -even due to the response that some of the youngsters launched by the coach this season are giving in the initial training sessions-. Trincao thus joins Jeremiah St. Juste (former Mainz centre-back), Morita (former Santa Clara midfielder), Rochinha (former V. Guimarães striker) and Franco Israel (former Juventus goalkeeper) and is the fifth signing for the 2022/23 season.
The third scenario closed the deal: Sporting already pays ten million for Trincao and keeps 50% of the pass (with option to buy)
Francisco Trincao returns to Portugal and the Primeira Liga two years after changing from Sp. Braga to Barcelona, in a transfer that involved an investment of 31 million euros by the Catalans and which remains the largest sale in the history of Minho. The Portuguese striker appeared in 42 games in 2020/21, scoring three goals and providing two assists, but never managed to establish himself to the point of being undisputed in the starting eleven or even in the squad. He was on loan at Wolverhampton last summer, ending 2021/22 with three goals and an assist in 30 games for Bruno Lage’s team, and now he is the great offensive reinforcement of Rúben Amorim, the coach who launched him in the first team. of the SP. . Braga, for the next season of Sporting.
Source: Observadora
