Stephen Eustáquio was one of Cruz Azul’s most famous reinforcements, not because of his football quality, but because of his curiosity.. The Portuguese arrived at the club at the beginning of 2019, but a serious double knee injury in his debut match removed him for the rest of the year and he left Mexico with less than 30 minutes on his body.
Pedro Caixinha was the coach who brought the player to Mexico and, before receiving medical discharge, DT was dismissed and replaced by Robert Dante Siboldi. What happened? Eustáquio never had a new opportunity to prove it and was loaned out at the end of 2019 to FC Paços de Ferreira in his native Portugal.
One year later, after extending the original loan for only six months, The Portuguese team used the purchase option imposed by Cruz Azul in the contract and kept 100% of the player’s license. This means that if the player is sold, the Machine will not receive any of the profits.
Eustáquio protested about the shirt pulling he was the victim of. (Jam Media)
However, Today Eustáquio is close to being transferred to Porto, in the NOS League, where he would be a partner of the Crown Jesús ‘Tecatito’. Portuguese media SIC Noticias revealed that Blue Dragons have been following him for several months and that both clubs reached an agreement for 3.5 million euros to complete the sale in June next year.
Despite not yet having a percentage of his permit, the sale of Eustáquio to Porto could involve some money for Cruz Azul, through the FIFA solidarity mechanism. In this case, as the car was behind the wheel before turning 23, it will receive 0.5% of the money generated by the transaction.