Article by Daniel Grigore – published Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 20:11 / Updated Tuesday, August 26, 2025 20:11
The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) hesitates to approve the transfer of Rodrigo Mora, the minor kid of Portuguese football, at Al Ittihad. The problem is the amount requested by FC Porto, 70 million euros.
For a while, the transfer of Rodrigo Mora (18 years old) to Al Ittihad seemed a certainty. Mora, capable of playing as an offensive or extreme midfielder, is a great hope of Portuguese football, already praising 11 goals and 4 decisive passes in 37 matches for FC Porto.
Meanwhile, the business has been stuck, to blame the transfer amount that Saudi should pay, 70 million euros, the value of the termination clause between Mora and FC Porto.
Why did the transfer of the ministry of Portuguese football blocked
A Bola reveals below: While Portuguese Domingos Soares de Oliveira, ITTIHAD's CEO, insists on completing businessExcom (the Executive Committee responsible for the financial supervision of the clubs, composed of five PIF members) and the champion board of the champion do not fully agree with the Portuguese offensive midfielder.
In this decision circle, There is no certainty that investment of 70 million euros in Rodrigo Mora would have short -term or medium -term expected yieldwhich delays the completion of the transaction.
In Saudi Arabia, the transfer period ends on September 10, nine days later than in Portugal, and it is expected that until then the market accelerates, with many millions spent not only by Al Ittihad, but also by Al Hilal, of Nastr and Ahli, the other clubs owned directly by the Saudi state through the public investment fund.
Al Ittihad has been reserved so far in the current Mercato, with only 20 million euros paid for players, those local ones. Ahmed Al-Julaydan cost 10.9 million euros, Hamed Al-Ghamdi 9.1.
