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Swansea City could yet benefit from a promotion clause in the deal that took Joel Piroe to Leeds United last summer.
Swansea would have received about £2m as part of the Piroe transfer had Leeds
beaten Southampton in last Sunday’s Championship play-off final.
The Whites’ defeat at Wembley means there will be no additional payment for Piroe this summer.
However, the promotion clause runs for the duration of the four-year contract
Piroe signed when he joined Leeds in a deal worth in excess of £10m.
18 July 2024
Girona manager Michel is not one to get carried away too easily.
He couldn’t resist the temptation, however, after watching Savinho train for the first time during pre-season last year, immediately calling sporting director Quique Carcel aside.
“We’re going to finish in the top eight,” he told Carcel, who tried, in vain, to bring him back down to earth. “Are you crazy or what?” As it would turn out, Michel could not have got it more right.
Such was Savinho’s impact at the Montilivi stadium that Michel’s prediction wasn’t bold enough – as Girona fought for the La Liga title until the very end. They finished in third place – behind only Real Madrid and Barcelona – and qualified for the Champions League. It was the best campaign in the club’s 93-year history.
Much of the credit for this was given to their electrifying winger.
In the space of a year, Savinho went from a player struggling in PSV Eindhoven reserves to a breakout star in Spain, making his Brazil debut against England at Wembley.
“I know this is a big statement, but I hadn’t seen anyone so effective in one-on-one situations since Vinicius Jr emerged,” Michel said.
“He was perhaps the most surprising talent in La Liga if you consider that [Jude] Bellingham was already known by everybody.”
