Benfica have confirmed that Paris Saint-Germain have exercised their option to buy Goncalo Ramos. In a statement sent to the Securities Market Commission, the Reds confirmed the transfer of €65 million, “plus a variable bonus linked to the goals”, which could increase the sale to up to €80 million.
“We also inform that Paris Saint-Germain will have the right to retain the 5% solidarity mechanism, to be subsequently distributed to the clubs that participated in the player’s training, and that Benfica SAD will bear a mediation services fee of 10% of the value.” From the sale, the solidarity amount will be deducted,” Al-Nsour added in the memo sent to the organizer.
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Note that with regard to the solidarity mechanism, Benfica will keep practically the entire amount, in reference to the period in which the striker played at the club – between 2013/14 and 2022/23. The Eagles will receive at least 2.6 million euros of this amount, while the French will keep 650 million euros.
The Parisian club, which already had several players on loan with the option to buy, such as Danilo Pereira and Nuno Mendes, had until the end of the season to activate this option regarding the 22-year-old striker, who had been loaned to the French champions in August. . However, after just three months at the club in the French capital, the decision was made and Gonzalo Ramos is definitely a Paris Saint-Germain player, having signed until 2028.
In 15 matches played for Paris Saint-Germain, Gonçalo Ramos has scored twice, and these goals were scored against eternal rivals Marseille, in a 4-0 win on 24 September. An important achievement for any striker at the club, as was the case in the past with Pedro Pauleta, who won the hearts of the Parisians with the goals he scored against Marseille.
The Benfica-trained striker initially arrived on loan to play up front with Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembélé or even Randall Kolo-Moani, as the Parisians looked to create the number 9 from scratch, a position that none of the three players mentioned originally occupied.
Ramos has already convinced Paris Saint-Germain
According to the information he collected register At Paris Saint-Germain, Gonzalo Ramos is seen as a player with strong potential who has convinced everyone on and off the pitch. The team management and technical staff appreciate the player who always shows great desire on and off the field, which prompted the French team to move early towards signing the Portuguese international permanently.
The striker became the fourth player to move permanently from a Portuguese club to the French team, since 2020, after Danilo Pereira y Vitinha (former Porto) and Nuno Mendes (former Sporting).
Goncalo Ramos scored 41 goals in 106 matches with the first team for Benfica, before having his first experience abroad, in this case with the French club Paris Saint-Germain.
Benfica statement:
“Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Futebol SAD announces, following the statement issued on August 7, 2023, that Paris Saint-Germain has exercised the option to transfer the sporting rights permanently to the player Gonçalo Matias Ramos, for an amount of 65,000,000 euros (sixty-five million euros). ) In addition to a variable fee linked to the goals, that is, the total amount of the transfer can reach the amount of 80,000,000 euros (eighty million euros).
It is also noteworthy that Paris Saint-Germain will have the right to retain the 5% solidarity mechanism, to be later distributed to the clubs that participated in the player’s training, and Benfica SAD will also receive mediation services fees of 10% of the sale value, deducted from the solidarity amount.
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