I mean, the guy puts up ridiculous numbers every season, 21 goals & 14 assists this year, 36 & 24 last season, those are incredible stats. You would think that European powerhouses would do their utmost to get him, yet we see very little activity to from big clubs to try and sign him. I know porto has a some ridiculous asking price, but i would assume that for such a good player, clubs would work on a nice deal.

So what's wrong? is the price really the obstacle, or is he simply not as good as youtube makes him look?

Maybe because he costs 100 million

I dont know why no one is After him.But what I do know is that Porto are Clever,They know that sooner or Later Hulk will want to leave so they've been trying to raise his price a little bit.The Guy is a fantastic player and I think an offer of atleast 35-40m would Porto accept.

yeah but that's the release clause, i think if clubs really wanted to get him, they would negotiate a reasonable fee for him.

High price tag/release clause, and it's not like he's come out and said he wants out of Porto. From everything I've heard, he's happy there.

Lets wait for the summer,but his price tag sure lures interest away.the guy is a top 5 winger

for those saying that if teams would sit down and talk with porto for hulk to lower their price it aint happening. last summer Porto refused 87M offer from anzhi for hulk LOL.. there really holding up for 100M

TonyDaBeast wrote:for those saying that if teams would sit down and talk with porto for hulk to lower their price it aint happening. last summer Porto refused 87M offer from anzhi for hulk LOL.. there really holding up for 100M

yeah right

Porto would NEVER turn down 87 million Euros for Hulk. Porto wish they could get an offer like that...

@ Tony.

too much bloody money

Price tag discourages any interested club, plus there are better available strikers out there.

im telling you, im not making it up. it was last summer, during the very last minute. go on google and try to find it ull see.

Anzhi Makhachkala miss out on €87m deadline-day signing of Porto's Hulk
The Russian outfit attempted to lure the Brazil international away from his current club in the closing stages of the summer transfer window
Sep 2, 2011 6:29:00 PM

Anzhi Makhachkala narrowly missed out on signing Porto forward Hulk for an €87 million fee on transfer deadline day, Goal.com can reveal.

A delegation sent to Portugal by the Dagestani side had reached a preliminary agreement with Porto to sign the Brazil international. However, the Portuguese club's attempt to raise the player's asking price at the last minute scuppered the deal.

Both clubs reached an accord over a transfer fee of €87m by 20:00 (CET) on Wednesday, while personal terms, including an annual salary of €10.5m, were also agreed upon.

However, just two hours after agreeing on an €87m fee, Porto president Pinto da Costa asked Anzhi to raise their initial bid to €90m, a request that ultimately brought a premature end to the talks.

The information came to light due to the unsuccessful attempt of Saint-Etienne to sign the Porto forward Walter Henrique da Silva. The Ligue 1 outfit were in advanced talks with the Europa League holders over a season-long loan deal, with a view to making the transfer permanent at the end of the campaign.

However, late on deadline day Porto pulled the plug on the deal as they unexpectedly needed to count on him for the upcoming season in light of Hulk's looming departure. Walter, who joined the Estadio do Dragao outfit from Internacional in the summer of 2010, was on Thursday ommited from the club's Champions League squad as a result of his compatriot's stay.

The Dagestani side have not yet given up hope of bringing the 25-year-old striker to the Russian Premier League though and are determined to make another attempt to sign him in the January transfer window.

When contacted by Goal.com, Jose Aparecido Miguel, one of Hulk's representatives, confirmed that talks had taken place between the two clubs over a prospective move and that the Russian outfit had submitted a bid to the Portuguese champions.

"A Russian club were firm and tabled an offer. Porto received an offer," Miguel told Goal.com.

An Anzhi spokesperson refused to confirm or deny whether the big-spending Russian club had made an attempt to sign Hulk, while a spokesman for Porto would only say: "We never comment on those things, when there is something to comment on, it is usually the president who does it."

Hulk recently agreed a new contract at Porto, the terms of which expire in the summer of 2016. The former Tokyo Verdy star's buyout clause has been set at €100m.



lol @ youz

LOL, Hulk will stay at Porto forever if the price does not come down to earth.

Max he is worth 45m.

Raptorgunner wrote:LOL, Hulk will stay at Porto forever if the price does not come down to earth.

Max he is worth 45m.

I would say £25m, if City, Liverpool and Chelsea didn't disrupt the balance of transfer market.

You cant believe everything you read lol

That story isnt proof of anything

Porto wont sell cheap, everyone knows that, but they will sell if the right offer comes in...dont be naive enough to believe they are actually holding out for 100m or whatever.

Idrisozet wrote:Price tag discourages any interested club, plus there are better available strikers out there.

Who are these strikers?

Too expensive, too obvious a target. Any team interested should at least wait until his final year in his contract, maybe encourage him to leave cheap...

People are staring at financial fair play and think its not a thing, that teams can continue to do 30m+ deals as if they were nothing.

Porto are just waiting for Malaga ,PSG or City to make a bid.

One of these three seems his likely destination if he were ever to move.

they all saw avengers lol :cyclops:

The Franchise wrote:

Idrisozet wrote:Price tag discourages any interested club, plus there are better available strikers out there.

Who are these strikers?

Higuain, Cavani, Dzeko, Levezzi, Rossi, Lewandowski, Hunter, etc...

Too much being asked for by Porto.

I'm pretty sure clubs have inquired.

Dzeko, Lavezzi, Rossi, Lewandowski, Hunterlaar are not better loool

Especially not trash like Dzeko and Lewandowski.

Heck, I would rather have Hulk than any of those you named.

Idrisozet wrote:

The Franchise wrote:

Idrisozet wrote:Price tag discourages any interested club, plus there are better available strikers out there.

Who are these strikers?

Higuain, Cavani, Dzeko, Levezzi, Rossi, Lewandowski, Hunter, etc...

only lavezzi is arguable imo