Yesterday we brought you reports from Portugal and Spain regarding midfielder Samuel Costa, and Wolverhampton Wanderers desire to sign him.
It was a little complicated, with one report stating that Wolves were buying him from Braga and the other stating it was Almería, who have had him on loan and have a purchase option.
Unsurprisingly it was all being managed by Gestifute, who have strong connections at Wolves.
The conflicting reports made everything a little hard to understand, so Record have come in today to try and clear things up.
The Spanish side has exercised an option to buy the midfielder on a permanent basis, paying €5.25m for 50% of his economic rights. The rest will stay with Braga. So, in other words, they’ll both own 50% of his rights.
That has already been confirmed by Braga, who also detailed how Almería can pay another €6m for 40% more of Costa and leave them with 10%.
So Costa will be playing for Almería, but Braga will still own 50% of his rights. The thing is, though, the Spanish side are already thinking of selling him on.
That’s because Wolves are interested, and there’s a belief that they will pay the €25m that Almería are looking for. Should that happen, 50% of it would be making it’s way back to Braga.
Either way, both sides would be making a profit this summer, especially Braga, who have already pocketed €6m and could get themselves another €12.5m by doing absolutely nothing.
Of course, it’s all dependant on Wolves paying the €25m, and there’s no indication they are going to do that just yet.
