Dynamo Moscow football club have announced what is, I’m pretty sure, the most expensive transfer deal in the history of Russian football. Dynamo have agreed to pay Porto 20 million euros ($25.69 million) for international midfielders Costinha and Maniche.
“We have paid 16 million euros for Maniche and four million euros for Costinha,” Dynamo boss Alexei Fedorychev told daily Sport-Express. “We are having a news conference in Moscow on May 25 to present the two players.”
Maniche and Costinha, who have signed five-year deals, played key roles in Porto’s Champions League success last year and also represented Portugal at Euro 2004.
It’s good to see that all the billions of roubles washing around in oligarchs bank accounts isn’t all heading in the direction of Chelsea FC. Let’s hope this translates into on the field success in European competition.
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