He Wolverhampton surprised in summer with the hiring of Fábio
Silva, a young 18-year-old forward who was active until last season in the Porto. A surprise that was not given by the undoubted quality of this promising footballer, but by its price.
40 million euros plus variables invested Wolves in a footballer who had only played 21 official matches with the Portuguese team, only five of them as a starter.
Shortly after his signing was made official, the Porto reported that the sale of Fábio
Silva30 went to the club and ten to intermediary companies for commissions.
Gestifute, company of the well-known agent Jorge
Mendes, pocketed seven million euros, while the entity Soccer
Talents
Vision (STV) earned three million euros from the operation.
Back with your release clause
More than a month after the arrival of Fábio
Silva to the Molineux
Stadium, I paint
gives
Coast, president of Porto, has surprised with some statements in 'TVI', Where he gave new information on this unique transfer: “Mendes was a good representative for Porto. Fábio Silva had a clause of 10 million euros and came out for 40. Porto earned 20 million, since it received 30 instead of 10. Several agencies were involved and 25% went in commissions. Strange? It was a great business and Mendes was important ”, he concluded.
Stranger still sounds if we consider that the Porto announced after the renovation of Fábio Silva in June 2019 that its termination clause became 25 million.
A clause that, according to various media, increased last November to 125 million, a figure that was never made official. Was it 10, 25 or 125 the millions of his clause? Many doubts regarding and a single certainty: Jorge
Mendes Always Wins.