Atletico Madrid receive €12m transfer boost courtesy of Samu Aghehowa

Atletico Madrid have spent huge to date this summer season, with offers for Alex Baena and Matteo Ruggeri wrapped up – and Johnny Cardoso will quickly observe. And the concept is for additional transfers to be sought, and so they have now netted more cash that may go in direction of their enterprise.

Final summer season, Atleti offered Samu Aghehowa to FC Porto in a deal that was initially value €15m. As a part of the settlement, they retained a major sell-on clause, though the Portuguese giants had the choice to purchase extra of the 21-year-old’s rights within the coming years.

And so they have now completed so, with Fabrizio Romano reporting that Porto now personal 100% of Samu’s rights. As a way to do that, they’ve paid Atleti a complete of €12m, taking the general switch payment to €27m.

Samu had a superb first season at FC Porto

It’s no shock that Porto have moved rapidly to safe 100% of Samu’s rights, given how extremely they fee him. He had an excellent first season on the membership, with 27 objectives scored in 45 appearances, and this has seen various prime golf equipment throughout Europe register their curiosity in signing him – amongst them are Barcelona, who want to signal a prime striker subsequent summer season when Robert Lewandowski is anticipated to go away.

Atleti signed Samu from Granada again in 2023 for less than €6m, and though they’ve now made €21m revenue from promoting, there may very well be a sense that extra may have been raked in had they determined to carry on to him. Ultimately, his sale final summer season was a necessity as a consequence of their big-spending, so there’s little to look again on on this regard.

It will likely be attention-grabbing to see how Samu’s profession evolves within the coming years. He may quickly set up himself as a starter for Spain – and in that case, his worth would solely enhance.