FC Groningen Retains โขFuture Stake in Luciano Valente Transfer, Technical Director Reveals with a Wink
Groningen, Netherlands – โขSeptember 14, 2025 โค- FC Groningen will benefit from any future saleโค of midfielder luciano Valente, who transferred to Feyenoord this summer, technical director Mo allach subtly confirmed today during an appearanceโข on ESPN’s Good morningโ Eredivisie.โ After initially deflecting direct questions about a resale percentage, Allach responded to aโค playful prompt from presenter Fresia Cousiรฑo โขArias with a telling wink, later acknowledging โsuch a clause is “quiteโ common” and “noโข secret.”
The confirmationโข comes as analysts praise Valente’s rapid adaptation to his new club. ESPN analyst Bram van polen โฃnoted, “What I like about Valente is his style. He is runningโ nicely, that sounds strange, but that is nice to look at. In the balls he โคgives,there is so much โคfeeling.” Van Polen further highlighted Valente’s development, stating, “He is technically good, he has โฃpower and alsoโข keeps an overview.He is developing so enormously and starts pulling โขthe game of Feyenoord to him. If that development is already going โsoโค fast, โคwhere is his end station?”
Allach, 51, โขinitially claimed he was noโค longer involved with Valente’s โขtransfer details, stating,โ “I don’t think Iโ have the right to talk about himโฆ That’s all for my time, soโค I have nothing to do with that.” However, after โขCousiรฑo Arias’ playful challenge โค- “If โฃyou blink twice,โ it’s yes” – Allach’s eventual wink confirmed the presence of a resale percentage agreement.
The inclusion of aโ resale percentage allows FC Groningenโฃ to profit should Feyenoord โฃsellโฃ Valente to another club in the future, a standard โpractice in player transfers.