Alex Telles

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They do very well to get the fees they do for some players considering they don’t have a strong financial position to negotiate from. Probably helps when Mendes is the puppet master of Portugal, though.

What happened to the supposed interest from PSG or was that not true? For £18m seems like a good deal for a lot of clubs.

Apparently they aren’t looking for a left back.

Same issue with Porto last year. Failed to make the group stages of the CL which could have cost them something approaching EUR60M.

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Last year Porto made a €9 million profit partly due to reaching the CL quarter-finals in the 18/19 season so I'm not sure how you've come to the conclusion that they made massive losses in 2019.

comment by Memphis_bleek #TeamOle (U20611)
posted 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
So we trying to sign another south American eh...

At this point I'm surprised any of them even consider coming here...
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He's now Portuguese now, It won't end in tears... we hope.

PSG still have Bernat and Kurzawa at the club anyway.

Bernat did his acl, which is why they were rumoured to be in for him. But apparently they aren’t going to sign a left back even with his injury.

comment by The Red Side™ (U11275)
posted 16 minutes ago
Same issue with Porto last year. Failed to make the group stages of the CL which could have cost them something approaching EUR60M.

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Last year Porto made a €9 million profit partly due to reaching the CL quarter-finals in the 18/19 season so I'm not sure how you've come to the conclusion that they made massive losses in 2019.
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Sorry, I meant second half of last year. Q3 and Q4 both reported record quarterly losses.

Again, that’s before further Q1 2020 losses and then COVID-19 hitting.

Their 2019 accounts ended up showing total assets about EUR90M short of liabilities, and that position will have deteriorated further despite the sale of Silva.

They’re still in the doo-doo despite CL qualification, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see Danilo finally moved on, and Leite, as well as Telles.

comment by Ban Wissaka (U5318)
posted 4 hours, 29 minutes ago
This is what big corporate bankers do. They try to squeeze every penny. And once you have an agreement they'll try and move the goalposts agin at the end to squeeze more. Trust me I've had experience working with similar people to Matt judge
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Isn’t Ed an ex corporate banker? If so who did he work for given his negotiations squeeze as much out of HIS own club, the Singapore branch of Barings bank?