Roma Nears Rodrigo Mora Transfer After Breakthrough with Porto

For weeks, Roma and FC Porto circled around the same problem: how to slice up a €50m deal for Rodrigo Mora without either club feeling exposed. Every proposal hit the same wall. Now, at last, the structure is in place.

Multiple sources in Italy and Portugal confirm that Roma are ready to pay €25m up front to acquire 50 per cent of Mora’s rights, with an option to buy the remaining half for another €25m at the end of the season. It is the compromise that finally broke a stalemate which had dragged on with no real movement.

The earlier framework was very different. The clubs had been working on a loan worth €10m, with an option to buy for a further €40m. That option would have turned into an obligation if certain conditions were met. That is where everything stalled.

Porto pushed for those conditions to be virtually automatic, effectively guaranteeing the full €50m. Roma resisted. The Giallorossi wanted the obligation to hinge on major sporting targets such as Champions League qualification, or even winning the Scudetto. Porto saw that as too uncertain for a player they value as a major asset.

So talks slowed to a crawl.

The new solution cuts through that tension. Roma secure Mora immediately for a significant but defined outlay, with the power to complete the full purchase later. If they decide not to trigger the second €25m payment at the end of the season, Porto will retain 50 per cent of any future resale fee. Either Roma commit fully, or Porto stay tied to the player’s market value down the line.

The urgency is clear on Porto’s side. Mora is not in coach Francesco Farioli’s plans, and the club want clarity before the season settles into rhythm. With the structure agreed and only final details to iron out, both clubs are now driving hard towards completion.