Al-Sadd, from Qatar, announced on Monday the signing of Colombian midfielder Matheus Uribe, who said goodbye to FC Porto this Sunday after winning the Portuguese Cup.
On the official website, the Doha club states that the contract signed with the player is valid for three years.
Matheus Uribe, 32, joined FC Porto in the 2019/2020 season from Mexican America in exchange for 9.5 million euros and is now leaving at zero cost. In Portugal, he won three Portuguese Cups, two Cândido de Oliveira Championships and two Super Cups.
Porto’s president, Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, had already confirmed the departure of the player, who had “a fabulous contract” waiting for him.
“We have known for a long time that there would be no possibility of maintaining it, because they are numbers that Portuguese football cannot bear. I’m sorry. He’s a great player”, said the top leader of the ‘blue and white’. ‘, in statements to RTP at the Oeiras National Stadium.
The 32-year-old midfielder scored 15 goals and six assists in 176 appearances for FC Porto and repeats in the footsteps of once influential Yacine Brahimi, Héctor Herrera, Vincent Aboubakar, Moussa Marega and Chancel Mbemba, who left runners-up at the end of their contract in recent years, without generating profits.
Before, he represented the Argentines of Deportivo Español and the Colombians of Envigado, Tolima and Atlético Nacional.
Source: TSF