Simão Says No To Porto

Los Colchoneros have been linked with a keen interest in Quaresma for several months now, having been very close to signing the Porto ace back in 2006.

The Spanish capital club are reported to be keen on restarting negotiations for the 24-year-old, who has a release clause of €40 million attached to his contract, as they believe he would quickly become a quality asset to the squad.

A BOLA reports that Atletico Madrid reached an agreement with Porto about a €10 million offer plus the services of Simão Sabrosa for Ricardo Quaresma.

However, Simão is understood to have rejected a move to Porto out of respect for his old club, Benfica.

Atletico are now in a tough situation as the Portuguese paper says they are not willing to spend more than €25 million on Quaresma and FC Porto are reluctant to do business for their star for anything less than the figure set in his release clause.


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