Porto shields Fábio Silva by placing the highest clause in Portugal

Porto shields Fábio Silva by placing the highest clause in Portugal

For a few hours, Fábio Silva, a 17-year-old boy who last season was in the youth of Porto, has become the most expensive player in Portugal with a termination clause of 125 million euros, five million more than the that João Félix had in Benfica.During the Golden Dragon Gala of Porto, in which the club awards its best athletes every year, Fábio Silva became the true protagonist of the night.At 17, he was distinguished by his club with the prize "Sportsman Revelation" of the year, thanks to a series of successes harvested during the last months that have led him directly to be part of the history of Porto.

Last season, with 16 years, Fábio Silva (Porto, July 2, 2002) was champion of the Youth Champions League with Porto, and also proclaimed winner of the Portuguese youth championship alongside the Diogos (Costa, Queirós and Leite ), Tomás Esteves, Fábio Vieira and Romário Baró. However, it would be best to arrive since last summer, when the first coach of Porto, former soccer player Sérgio Conceição, decided to integrate it into the first team since the start of the preseason. the first exchange, with 17 years and two days, Fábio Silva scored both the victory (2-1) against Getafe in the final of the Iberian Cup, which was played in the Portuguese Algarve on July 21. He became, thus, the youngest player to score with Porto. It was the beginning of a seasonal start where the young footballer, son of Jorge Silva - 43-year-old Portuguese international soccer player who played at Boavista-, would do it again history with the blue and whites in the league championship.

After entering the field and replacing the Brazilian Tiquinho Soares, Fábio Silva scored the final 3-0 in the match against Famalicão, on October 27. In this way, he became the youngest player to score in the League with Porto , the veteran 'portista' president, Jorge Pinto da Costa recalled during the Golden Dragon Gala, and it is that the greyhound comes from caste, since, if his father was a footballer, his older brother, Jorge, 20 years old , since the current season in the first team of Lazio, third in the Serie A of Italy, Fabio, according to assure EFE close to the costumes of Porto, is an extremely mature player for his age. He has participated in five league games, has two goals this season and has a special relationship with the most veteran players in Porto.

Brazilians Ze Luís or Tiquinho Soares have it "among cottons" and the club president made it clear in the last gala that it is a bet of Porto, since its clause went up for 125 million euros. His contract, until 2022, did not It could be prolonged, since it is still a minor. According to the regulations, when a player is a minor, his contract will have a maximum duration of 3 years, which is why Pinto da Costa wanted to "tie" the young man. He is a right-handed, large and fast forward with excellent goal smell. With Porto he has already demonstrated his ability to uncheck, his good conjugation with both legs and his ability to define before the goalkeeper. His sports career began in the categories inferior of Porto, although then it went to the discipline of Benfica between 2015 and 2017. However, two years ago he returned to his club and has not stopped chaining successes.