FC Porto spend big again to buy Alex Sandro
Brazilian left-back signed for 9.6 million euros
FC Porto have again spent big to sign an up-and-coming Brazilian. Just days after splashing out to secure the services of Danilo, the Dragons paid 9.6 million euros for left-back Alex Sandro who, like Danilo, was part of the Santos team that recently won the Copa Libertadores.
Sandro has signed a 5-year contract which contains a release clause of 50 million euros. This sum is surpassed only by the buyout clauses of Iturbe (60 million) and Hulk (100 million) and is higher than the release clauses of stars such as Falcao, Joao Moutinho and James Rodriguez.
The 20-year-old will come to Porto at the end of Brazil’s participation in the U20 World Cup, which begins in Colombia next week. He is therefore expected to don the shirt of the Portuguese champions only at the start of September.
The deal is another example of Porto purchasing a player who had been heavily linked with a move to domestic rivals Benfica. It also lends substance to rumours that Alvaro Pereira will be sold by Porto, with Liverpool persistently said to be keen on contracting the Uruguayan left-back.
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/A/508618713?-19388Yes, they got a new left back. Who knows, we might even get him.
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