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Two weeks after becoming Spain's Olympic champion, the 20-year-old striker left Atlético Madrid, whose first team he had never represented, and signed with the 'Dragons' for five seasons.
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Here comes the first reinforcement for Porto under Andre Villas-Boas. Surprisingly, the Spanish striker Samu Omorodion has signed with the Dragons until 2029.
Porto paid €15m for 50% of the transfer fee for the 20-year-old, who played last season for Spanish side Alaves on loan from Atletico Madrid.
Omorodion, who became an Olympic champion at Paris 2024, arrives at Invicta after a season in which he scored eight goals and provided one assist for the Basque club, having attracted interest from clubs such as Chelsea and Real Sociedad.
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The Spanish forward, of Nigerian origin, is Porto's first reinforcement for the 2024/25 season, who have already exercised their option to buy winger Francisco Conceicao from Dutch club Ajax for €10.5m, while Portuguese-Angolan centre-back David Carmo, who could leave, and Spanish striker Fran Navarro have returned from loan at Greek side Olympiacos, winners of the Conference League.
FC Porto statement to CMVM:
“Futebol Clube do Porto – Futebol, SAD informs the market that it has reached an agreement With Atletico Madrid to obtain definitively the sports registration rights and 50% of the economic rights of professional footballer Samuel Omorodion of the total value Worth 15 million euros (fifteen million euros).
In the agreement concluded with Atletico Madrid, Porto will have two non-obligatory purchase options. Additional economic rights of 15% of EUR 5 million (five million euros) each, to be exercised until July 2025 and July 2026, so that FC Porto can own 80% of the club's economic rights. Player for a fixed fee of €25 million (twenty-five million euros).
It is noteworthy that Porto Club signed a contract with the player valid for 5 sports seasons. That is, until June 30, 2029, after agreeing to a termination clause for an amount of 100,000,000 euros (one hundred million euros).
Atletico Madrid will take charge of the solidarity mechanism due. FC Porto and third parties hereby declare that they will incur a fee for mediation services in the amount of €1 million (EUR 1 million). euro)”
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