The Spanish footballer Fran Navarro left Gil Vicente to go to FC Porto for five seasons, the two clubs made official this Wednesday, becoming Minho’s top scorer in the I Liga in the first reinforcement of the ‘dragons’ for 2023/24.
In a note published through his official website, the national runner-up ensures that the striker born on the outskirts of Valencia signed until June 2028, but without revealing the amount of the operation, which had already been in process since January.
Fran Navarro, 25, became famous in Gil Vicente’s last two seasons, ousting former Portuguese international striker and current coach Paulo Alves as the top scorer for the Barcelos shield in the I Liga, with 33 goals , in 66 games.
Formed in the Spanish Valencia, which also conceded to the Belgian team in Lokeren (2019/20), the forward shared with João Mário, from the national champion Benfica, the last place on the podium of the best scorers in the League in 2022/23 , scoring 17 goals, bettering the bar of 16 scored in his debut campaign in Portuguese football.
In all competitions, Fran Navarro scored 37 goals and three assists in 78 matches for Gil Vicente, who, according to the national press, should receive around seven million euros (ME) and achieve one of the highest sales in its history.
Fran Navarro joins the Iranian Mehdi Taremi, top scorer in the last edition of the I Liga, the Brazilian Evanilson, the Spanish Toni Martínez and the Englishman Danny Namaso in the options for the offensive axis available to coach Sérgio Conceição, who The Work Porto preseason event will begin on Friday, at the Olival training center.
Source: TSF
