Ten years ago Porto, led by an enigmatic young coach by the name of Jose Mourinho, shocked the footballing world by winning the Champions League. But that same summer the team was dismantled. Mourinho jumped ship to join Chelsea, taking Ricardo Carvalho and Paulo Ferreira with him for a combined fee of more than £30million, while the team’s playmaker Deco was lured to the Nou Camp by Frank Rijkaard. On Monday, Manchester City finally completed the signing of Eliaquim Mangala, for a fee of £32m, which took Porto’s income from transfer fees since they conquered Europe sailing through the £600m mark.
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Received £614m in transfer fees in last decade, including the sale of Deco
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Spent less than half that during the same period
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Sold 15 players for more than £15m as James Rodriguez, Ricardo Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira and Raul Meireles all left
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English clubs have spent £145.8m on Porto talent in that time
2014: @placeholder to Manchester City - £44m (we are saying £32m)