Maniche and Constinha are off to...

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12/05/2005, 7:53 PM
eirebhoy

Maniche and Constinha are off to...

...Dinamo Moscow!

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Porto midfielders Maniche and Costinha are moving to Dinamo Moscow in one of the biggest transfer coups ever staged by a club in the former Communist bloc.

The two Portugal internationals, key members of the Porto side that won last year�s Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup, will link up with Dinamo on July 1.

The move was announced on the Porto website, www.fcporto.pt.

A statement read: �Porto have confirmed ... the ceding of the sporting rights of Maniche and Costinha to Dinamo Moscow starting from July 1, 2005.

�The deals are worth respectively 16 million euros (�11million) and four million euros (�2.72million).�

Maniche and Costinha were also in the Portugal team beaten 1-0 by Greece in the Euro 2004 final last summer in Lisbon.

Maniche won a last-gasp call-up by coach Luiz Felipe Scolari after a brilliant performance for Porto in their 3-0 Champions League final win against Monaco.

His 16 million euro fee illustrates how much his star has risen over the past 12 months.

I am shocked to be perfectly honest. No.1, what are they doing moving to an midtable Russian club. And 2, �4m for Costinha? :eek: They'd have got double that and more for him.
12/05/2005, 10:57 PM
4tothefloor

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Originally Posted by eirebhoy

...Dinamo Moscow!

I am shocked to be perfectly honest. No.1, what are they doing moving to an midtable Russian club. And 2, �4m for Costinha? :eek: They'd have got double that and more for him.

Yeah, but �20 million for the two is over the top, there is absolutely no way that Maniche is worth that money. It's a bit like the Overmars\Petit transfer from Arsenal to Barca. One of them went for way more than the other, but it was the joint fee that really mattered. Karlos_Irl, our resident Arsenal expert, should be able to recall the exact fees.
13/05/2005, 9:11 AM
tetsujin1979

Isn't Dinamo Moscow owned by another of the oligarchs? Think another of them owns Dynamo Kiev as well, funded their run to the UEFA Cup final
13/05/2005, 10:52 AM
Karlos

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Originally Posted by 4tothefloor

Yeah, but �20 million for the two is over the top, there is absolutely no way that Maniche is worth that money. It's a bit like the Overmars\Petit transfer from Arsenal to Barca. One of them went for way more than the other, but it was the joint fee that really mattered. Karlos_Irl, our resident Arsenal expert, should be able to recall the exact fees.

The total deal (if memory serves me correct) was �25 million which was �20 million for Overmars and �5 million for Manu. A great bit of business by the club but not as good as the �23 million we made Barca's enemies Real madrid give us for Nic Anelka who we bought for �500,000!

In this deal �20 million euro's seems a little excessive for the two. Costinha's in his 30's i think and Maniche must be 26 or 27?? I know arsenal had a �9 million bid in for Maniche last summer so the figures do seem to add up - like the deals mentioned above however, not sure if it was value for money. Great money if you can get it i think, :)