Sporting made official this Saturday the definitive sale of the pass of the Spanish footballer Pedro Porro to the English team of Tottenham, for 40 million euros (ME), after the ‘Spurs’ activated the mandatory purchase clause agreed in January.
In a statement sent to the Securities Market Commission (CMVM), the Alvalade club reported that “Tottenham notified Sporting SAD of the exercise of the option to ultimately acquire the player’s sports rights, for the additional amount of 40,000,000 euros (forty million euros)”.
The global value of the transfer amounts to 45 ME, taking into account that the London shield had already paid five million euros for the transfer of the Spanish international full-back, confirmed on the last day of the winter market, on January 31. .
As they had already warned at the time, the ‘lions’ recall in the note that “the value of the solidarity mechanism on behalf of third-party clubs will be assumed by Tottenham around 95%, leaving the remaining 5% in charge of Sporting”. SAD”, the charges for intermediation services amount to 2.38 ME.
Since he was loaned to Tottenham, Porro has participated in 17 games and has scored three goals for the ‘spurs’, who finished the last edition of the Premier League in eighth place, that is, out of European competitions next season.
Porro arrived at Sporting in the 2020/21 season, on loan from Manchester City, after the previous season, in 2019/20, he was loaned by the ‘citizens’ to Valladolid.
With training carried out between Don Benito and Rayo Vallecano, the right-back represented Girona in 2018/19, a season in which he played 34 games with the Spanish League team, being signed, at the end of that season, by Manchester City.
Subsequently, the winger was loaned to Sporting for two seasons, with the ‘lions’ announcing on May 16, 2022 that they had activated the purchase option of the Spanish international -estimated at 8.5 ME-, which he signed until 2025 with a release clause. termination of 45 YO.
Pedro Porro, 23, became one of the key pieces of Rúben Amorim’s team, with goals and assists, having won a championship and two league cups. During this period, Sporting also won the Super Cup, in 2021, but the team did not field due to injury.
Source: TSF
