Benfica and PSG reached an agreement on Wednesday to transfer Gonçalo Ramos for €65m plus a €15m goal bonus, but the 22-year-old forward’s move from Lisbon to Paris will take place on a one-year loan at the end from which the mandatory purchase clause will be executed.
The clubs, this Thursday, were still negotiating the complex financial operation – the amount of the payment of the loan fee that will represent, for Benfica, a kind of first installment, the second payment in July, other deadlines and associated bank guarantees.
PSG cannot go ahead with the definitive transfer right now for reasons of Financial Fair Play. Parisians will spend around €227 million this summer on signing central defender Lucas Hernández (Bayern) and midfielders Manuel Ugarte (Sporting), Kang-in Lee (Majorca) and Xavi Simmons (PSV), in addition to the compulsory purchase of Hugo Ekitiké (played for PSG on loan from Reims last season) worth €28.5 million.
The total spent on transfers has already risen to €255.5 million. Hence, PSG can only include the transfer of Gonçalo Ramos in the 2024/2025 financial year.
The bureaucratic issues lasted longer than expected, but the essentials had been decided by Wednesday afternoon. The total value of the deal reaches the €80 million that Benfica wanted to release Gonçalo Ramos – the reds consider the objectives accessible – and the Portuguese international is also interested in moving to Paris, where he will have a salary that Benfica will not be able to pay him , even if you renew your contract and stay another season.
Gonçalo Ramos, on the other hand, is attracted by the sporting challenge – in a PSG built, now with the fingerprint of football adviser Luís Campos, by younger players and hungry for titles. The Portuguese international will sign a five-year contract with the Parisians.
in seixal, everything is the same
Gonçalo Ramos continues to train normally in Seixal. And he is still waiting for the clubs to finalize the financial transaction and make the transfer public. He should no longer be part of the team that will face FC Porto in the Super Cup, on Wednesday, in Aveiro.
The Parisians made it clear that they wanted Gonçalo Ramos immediately and were adamant to Benfica’s requests to only make the deal official after the game with the dragons.
2023-08-03 22:20:08
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