He Porto has made an official statement showing great displeasure at Al-Ittihad because their agreement for the transfer of Wendy Galen was not fulfilled. The Lusos and Saudis have agreed that the Brazilian winger will join the ranks of the team. Laurent Blanc and Karim Benzema in exchange for a whopping sum of 50 million euros during the Saudi league’s ‘Deadline Day’.
The transfer seemed closed, but a last-minute change occurred. He Al-Ittihad decided to back out when everything was ready for the player transfer and preferred to close a more ‘low cost’ signing by signing Steven Bergwijn for the 21 million euros he abandoned yesterday Amsterdam Ajax.
Because of this breach of agreement, the Porto He publicly expressed his dissatisfaction and announced that in the coming days he will contact the Saudi club. The Portuguese club wrote in the statement: “Regarding the failed transfer of the footballer Wendy Galen in Al-Ittihadhe FC Porto informs that it will send a communication to the president of the aforementioned club and the president of League of Saudi Arabia“, citing his great displeasure with the way the process was conducted and was aborted after a full agreement was reached between the clubs and the athlete.”
Although they need to keep the player in the squad, the Portuguese also revealed that they are happy to keep the player who already has five goals this season. “He FC Porto is pleased to have the player Galen to his squad and reinforces his confidence in his professional abilities and his motivation to continue the excellent performance he has shown at FC Porto,” the statement concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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