FC Porto Announces Permanent Signing of Francisco Conceição for 10 Million Euros, Deal Closed Since March 12th

FC Porto communicated Tuesday the permanent signing of Francisco Conceição for 10 million eurosbut, according to the More football, the deal had already been automatically closed since March 12. In other words, they were announced 42 days later.

In the loan agreed by Ajax, which was valid until June 2024, the Dragons agreed that the mandatory buyout would be made as soon as the youngster completed 25 games, after at least 45 minutes to play in each of them. Since this is true, this 25th match was achieved on Sunday, against Casa Pia.

However, our newspaper found that there was an additional clause in the document: every two games under 45 minutes were counted as one game in the general calculation mentioned above. Francisco played 14 games with 45 or fewer minutes, which adds up to seven games for the general tally. Therefore, the Portuguese international reached 25 games in the second week of March, against Arsenal, in the second leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League.

Sold to Ajax for five million euros and now bought back for a double next season, Conceição – who has been one of the highlights of the team in recent months – received 20 percent of sales in the period to come

At 21 years old, Francisco Conceição signed a new contract with FC Porto until June 2029, with a release clause of 60 million euros.