Stephen Eustáquio was one of Cruz Azul’s most renowned reinforcements, not because of his football quality, but because of his curiosityThe Portuguese arrived at the club in early 2019, but a serious double knee injury in his debut game kept him out of the game for the rest of the year and he left Mexico with less than 30 minutes on his body.
Pedro Caixinha was the coach who brought the player to Mexico and before he received a medical discharge, the DT was fired and replaced by Robert Dante Siboldi. What happened? Eustáquio never had another chance to demonstrate and was loaned out to FC Paços de Ferreira from his native Portugal at the end of 2019.
One year later, after renewing the original loan for just six months, The Portuguese team took advantage of the buy option imposed by Cruz Azul in the contract and kept 100% of the player’s pass. This means that if the player is sold, the Machine will not receive a share of the winnings.
Eustáquio was unable to play for Cruz Azul due to his injury. (Jam Media)
Nevertheless, Today, Eustáquio is about to be transferred to Porto, from the Liga NOS, where he would partner with Jesús ‘Tecatito’ Corona.Portuguese media SIC Noticias revealed that the Blue Dragons have been following him for several months and that both clubs reached an agreement for 3.5 million euros to complete the sale in June.
Despite not having a percentage of his pass yet, the sale of Eustáquio to Porto could save some money for Cruz Azul, through the FIFA solidarity mechanismIn this case, since the Machine was at the wheel before he turned 23 years old, he would receive 0.5% of the money generated by the transaction.