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Samu heads to Portugal as Atlético secures an incentive-based deal with Porto

Samu se marcha a Portugal y el Atlético cierra un acuerdo con el Oporto basado en incentivos

Samu Omorodion estuvo cedido en el Deportivo Alavés la temporada pasada, pero regresó al Atlético de Madrid con un futuro incierto tras no poder fichar por el Chelsea. Omorodion ganó el oro con la selección española sub-21 en los Juegos Olímpicos de verano.

A primera hora de la mañana del sábado, el destino de Samu quedó claro cuando el Atlético y el FC Porto confirmaron el inesperado traspaso del joven de 20 años a los grandes equipos portugueses. Es un acuerdo extraño, y aunque el Porto obtiene ventajas a corto plazo, el Atleti puede acabar emergiendo como el “ganador” a largo plazo.

Samu ha firmado un contrato de cinco años con el Porto y se dirige al otro lado de la península Ibérica por una cantidad inicial de 15 millones de euros que cubre el 50 por ciento de los derechos del jugador.

Esa tarifa no parece mucho para un jugador considerado uno de los mejores delanteros jóvenes de España, y un jugador que estaba listo para unirse al Chelsea por mucho, mucho más que eso antes de que Jorge Mendes convenciera al club londinense de que realmente debería fichar a João Félix.

El Porto puede comprar un 15 por ciento adicional de los derechos de Samu en 2025 y otro 15 por ciento en 2026 por 5 millones de euros cada uno, lo que le da al Atlético la oportunidad de ganar 25 millones de euros por Samu, un beneficio potencial de 19 millones de euros, aunque no se concretará este verano.

Además, y esta es probablemente la parte más importante de la transferencia, el Atlético tiene una enorme cláusula de venta del 50 por ciento para Samu.

Ese porcentaje bajará si el Porto compra más derechos del jugador, pero digamos que Samu explota en Portugal (una posibilidad clara), y los Dragones reciben interés de la Premier League por él en los próximos 24 meses.

Si terminan vendiendo a Samu por 60 millones de euros (mi valoración personal de él a principios de este verano) en un par de años, el Atlético está en posición de obtener la mitad de esa tarifa y no menos del 20 por ciento de ella.

El hecho de que Samu no pueda jugar en el Atlético esta temporada (o posiblemente no pueda jugar en absoluto) es desalentador. No es sorprendente, pero igualmente decepcionante, que la directiva haya comprado a este prometedor delantero con la intención de sacar provecho de él un año después.

Dicho esto, Samu no habría tenido mucho tiempo de juego si se hubiera quedado en el Atleti esta temporada, por lo que habría sido preferible traspasarlo a un equipo portugués en lugar de a la Real Sociedad.

Después de una temporada 2023-24 irregular marcada por altibajos (nueve goles, incluidos tantos contra el Atlético y el FC Barcelona) y cero goles en 12 partidos para completar la temporada, la Liga NOS es un lugar fantástico para que demuestre su valía.

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