The signing of Francisco Trincão in 2020 it was a huge surprise. He FC Barcelona I was taking a big risk to pay €31 million al Sporting de Braga. Doubts about the player were confirmed after a season of many shadows, so the board gave him up to Wolves in 2021-22 and at Sporting Lisbon in 2022-23. Said last transfer is the one that is going to completely break the link between the Portuguese and the Barcelona club.
In that agreement that was agreed between Barça and Sporting, a clause was established in which the Portuguese entity, in case of maintaining the category, must obtain the services of Trincao definitively. For now, the team in question is fourth in the local league, with its continuity in the first division being almost an absolute certainty. That scenario forces them to pay seven million euros by the attacker.
Francisco Trincao, one of Barça’s loanees, during a match against Tottenham / EFE
The activation of this clause will be officially at the end of this season, so in summer the FC Barcelona will enter until 10 million in all throughout the pact with Sporting Lisbon. It must be remembered that the initial assignment was raised with a fee of three million for the Catalan club, so that in the sum of that future purchase the aforementioned figure will be reached. It should also be noted that Barça will also maintain the 50% royalties of a future sale.
16 million recovered by Trincao
Of the 10 kilos that are going to be obtained in the entire operation with the Portuguese team, you must also add the six million euros that the Barcelona entity obtained in the transfer that they agreed with the Wolves of English football in the previous season. In that pact they left a purchase option to the group in question, which finally decided to decline the possibility of taking over the full signing. But they still paid Barca a fee for the loan.
Those 16 million represent little more than 50% that was invested by Trincao almost three years ago. The hope of the board of John Laporta is that the player can continue to stand out in the Portuguese league so that his market value increases and another club tries to incorporate him in the future. That case is what would allow the FC Barcelona can recover the money paid by the end.
