Marcus Edwards helped Tottenham Hotspur in signing Pedro Porro
Sporting CP winger Marcus Edwards spent a fair few years at Tottenham Hotspur before making the move to Vitoria Guimaraes in the summer of 2021.
The 24-year-old has become a huge part of manager Ruben Amorim’s Sporting side and is one of their very best players since joining them last January. His contract also contained a 50% sell-on clause for Spurs.
This means they would have gotten half of any fee Sporting agreed with a club for selling Edwards in the future. Now, Portuguese outlet Record, Spurs conceded 15% of those sell-on rights to sign the Spanish right-back.
![Chelsea pull ahead of Tottenham in Pedro Porro race.](https://tothelaneandback.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/fbl-eur-c1-tottenham-sporting-1200x847.jpg)
They will also pay a fee of 47.5million Euros to the Lions in transfer fee, which is their club’s record sale after Bruno Fernandes’ transfer to Manchester United. Porro is also seemingly happy to seal a move to N17.
Great move all around
Interviewed at the airport before flying out to London for his medical, the former Manchester City right-back said:
“I said that my head was not well, but Sporting understood and I am very grateful. What delayed the negotiations? I don’t know.”
It seems that all parties have been pleased with this particular deal. We get to sign Porro, who will be an immediate upgrade on Emerson Royal, Matt Doherty, and Djed Spence.
![Pete O’Rourke claims Marcus Edwards would consider Tottenham Hotspur return.](https://tothelaneandback.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/12-40-1200x800.jpg)
Sporting get a huge fee and more income if and when they sell Edwards. The player also gets a chance to return to England and show the Cityzens they made a mistake in letting him leave.
Spurs were very smart to put a sell-on clause when Edwards left the club back in 2019. Three-and-a-half years later, it has come back to help us in signing Porro.
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Moreover, we can still rake in 35% of the fee Sporting agree on with another club if they plan to sell the English winger.