Deal done: Kiwior joins FC Porto, fee could rise to €27 million | OneFootball

FC Porto and Arsenal have reached an agreement for the transfer of Jakub Kiwior, Fabrizio Romano revealed this Friday. The 25-year-old Polish international arrives on loan until the end of the current season, with a mandatory purchase clause set for the summer of 2026, in a deal that could reach 27 million euros.

According to the Italian journalist and transfer specialist, the loan fee will be two million euros, while the mandatory purchase is set at 17 million.

Thus, between the loan and the definitive acquisition, the total amounts to 19 million euros, a figure that could rise to 27 million depending on objectives linked to the Polish defender’s sporting performance.

The FC Porto board had already reached an agreement with Jakub Kiwior, with only Arsenal’s authorization pending for the departure of a player who, although not indispensable, was considered useful by Mikel Arteta.

However, Arsenal’s management is said to have completed the signing of Piero Hincapié from Bayer Leverkusen, thereby allowing the departure of the Polish international, who is capable of playing both as a left-back and as a central defender.

The most expensive defender in history

With an investment that could reach 27 million euros, FC Porto secures the arrival of Jakub Kiwior, who immediately rises to the top of the list of the most expensive central defenders in Portuguese football history.

According to Transfermarkt records, David Carmo currently leads that ranking, having cost the Dragons more than 20 million euros from Sp. Braga.

Next are Zeno Debast, signed by Sporting from Anderlecht a year ago for 15.5 million euros, and Nicolás Otamendi, who joined Benfica in the summer of 2020 for 15 million euros.

Jakub Kiwior also becomes FC Porto’s tenth signing for the 2025/26 season, bringing the number of new faces in the squad to ten and, in theory, forming a partnership with compatriot Jan Bednarek, who also moved to Portugal this summer.

Pablo Rosario, from Nice, was announced as a new signing for the Dragons yesterday morning, Thursday, and joins the already confirmed reinforcements: Victor Froholdt (Copenhagen), Gabri Veiga (Al Ahli), Alberto Costa (Juventus), Borja Sainz (Norwich), Jan Bednarek (Southampton), Dominik Prpić (Hajduk Split), Luuk de Jong (on a free transfer) and João Costa (Estrela da Amadora).

Villas-Boas stated in July, during the presentation of Francesco Farioli as the successor to Martín Anselmi, that FC Porto could be facing the “biggest transfer window in its history” and that more than 100 million euros had already been invested in reinforcements – an amount that includes Kiwior.

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