Was it Chelsea who made the €80 million bid for FC Porto’s Hulk?
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 claim they have recently turned down a bid of €80 million for Brazilian striker Hulk. The likes of big spending Chelsea, Manchester City and AC Milan have been linked to the 24-year-old forward but the Portuguese giants seem to want to hold on to
their prized player.
While Porto admitted they had been receiving bids for Hulk, the highest bid yet to be made was €80 million. They turned down the offer without any negotiations and at the same time have refused to disclose the club that had made the offer.
Hulk recently signed a contract extension with Porto, a five year deal, according to which his release clause is worth an astonishing €100 million. That alone has made it impossible for any club to identify him as a target in the summer transfer window,
let alone bid for him.
Despite the huge release clause, there have apparently been some clubs who have been attempting to convince Porto to part ways with the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858 international. So far they have been unsuccessful.
The player had previously expressed his desire to leave http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 to play in the English Premier League. He had hinted a move to London side Chelsea, following in the footsteps of former Porto manager Andre Villas-Boas, who has now taken up the manager’s
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 at Stamford Bridge.
However, according to his agent Teodoro Fonseca, Hulk is now contented at Porto and wishes to remain there. Fonseca revealed the club had turned down an offer made from an undisclosed club for €80 million.
He said while speaking to reporters:
“I would be lying if I said no proposals have emerged to sign Hulk.
I think the highest bid was €80 million, but Porto did not even want to negotiate.”
He continued:
“I cannot reveal that. But it is not hard to see because there are only three or four clubs who are able to present those kind of numbers for a player.”
While http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436.
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