Atlético confirms Almada deal with Botafogo-Tadić should also come

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This article was first published on July 16. at 6:41 a.m. and was updated after the transfer of the transfer.

For years he was the most expensive purchase of an MLS club and a short time also the record transfer of the Brazilian league, now Thiago Almada is taking the next millions of transfers. Atlético Madrid initially confirmed an agreement with Botafogo for the offensive player, which was recently used at Olympique Lyon, and removed the last hurdles on Thursday, when the final completion was registered in the evening and a contract.

For the Argentinian, the third party transfer is against a millions in his career. According to ATLético, ATLético is said to pay – but only for 50 percent of the transfer rights, which would also enable future income for Botafogo.

Botafogo is a partner club Lyons or also owned by John Textor. At 19.5 million euros in the summer of 2024, the transfer was the highest that has ever paid a club from the South American country (shortly afterwards surviving Palmeiras’ purchase of Vitor Roque). Even then there was the plan to have Almada played in Lyon, which in 2025 also became a reality by official, free loan. Previously, Almada was the most expensive purchase of the North American Major League Soccer, where Atlanta United paid 14.5 million euros in training club Vélez Sarsfield in early 2022. This MLS record lasted three years. With the 21 million euros that Atlético now pays, Almada’s transfer revenues increase to a total of 55 million euros.

Routinier Tadić to Atlético instead of top content in Belgrade

Former Fenerbahce attacker Dušan Tadić (36) is also said to be on the way to Atlético. According to information from the Serbian newspaper “Telegraph“Did the 111-fold international, whose contract in Istanbul expired at the end of last season, decided to switch to the Colchoneros and thus against Red Star. Speculation about an engagement in Belgrade, after managing director Zvezdan Terzic had flirted with a large salary or Tidić’s future rank as the best paid Serbian footballer in history.