Spartak Moscow’s Welliton on FC Porto's radar – Portuguese Primeira Liga News
According to reports, Spartak Moscow striker Welliton is on FC Porto's radar, with the club seeking to sign him in the January transfer window as a replacement for the departed Radamel Falcao.
The Portistas have been on the look for a top-quality forward ever since http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276 moved to Atletico Madrid in the summer.
Falcao, 25, chose to part ways with the Dragons after a long and protracted transfer saga during the summer window but the club weren’t able to acquire a worthy replacement following his departure.
As the Colombian exited the Primeira Liga, all the responsibilities of scoring on a consistent basis fell on Selecao international http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436, and to his credit the attacker has performed admirably without his strike partner.
However, Hulk has shown that he is injury prone and without him on the pitch, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vitor-c36281 Pereira’s men look a shadow of themselves. While they weren’t able to bolster their ranks with goal-poacher in the earlier break, it looks like they are set to splash the
cash in January for Spartak Moscow’s Welliton.
The Brazilian front-man has been one of the most feared players in the Russian Premier League in recent seasons and has the right statistics to back a big-money switch to a bigger side.
Being the top-scorer last campaign, the man from Conceição do Araguaia attracted attention from several European sides but was still unable to engineer a move. However his desire of playing at a club challenging for honours is likely to be met by FC Porto,
who have been credited with a €7 million for the forward.
According to Spartak source, the deal is probably going to go through as the player is not willing to ply his trade in the Russian top flight anymore and is seeking another challenge elsewhere.
"Porto approached Spartak about Welliton. Given the reluctance of players to stay in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Russia-c2991, there is a high possibility of negotiations between the two clubs will be successful,” the source quoted.
With Kleber lacking the attacking instincts to match Radamel Falcao’s feats at Estadio do Dragao, it is highly likely that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Welliton-c36773 once the transfer window reopens.
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