Super-agent Jorge Mendes’ Gestifute agency to make £7m out of Ederson’s £34.8m transfer from Benfica to Manchester City
The world's most powerful agent is laughing all the way to the bank once again after securing roughly a fifth of the transfer fee
JORGE MENDES' Gestifute agency will make a cool £7million out of Ederson Moraes' £34.8m move to Manchester City.
The Benfica keeper has been in Manchester putting the finishing touches to his switch to the club and the two clubs are currently sorting out his complicated ownership situation.
Ederson has third party ownership, with Benfica, his former club Rio Ave and Gestifute owning his combined economic rights.
Benfica announced to the Portuguese stock exchange that they had agreed to sell Ederson to City and the keeper has signed a five year contract.
Pep Guardiola's side are yet to announce the deal, with the complicated web of his ownership needing careful untangling.
And now it has emerged how much super-agent Mendes and his Gestifute agency are set to bank, roughly a fifth of the transfer.
According to , the Premier League will have to ratify the transfer, with the league not permitting any third party ownership on players.
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Rio Ave will earn around £10.4m from City, as they own 30 per cent of his economic rights.
When the transfer does finally go through it will be a world record transfer for a goalkeeper, overtaking the £32.6m fee Juventus paid Parma for Gianluigi Buffon 16 years ago.
Ederson told A Bola: "I'm very happy. The first impressions were very good."
The stopper also has a series of fascinating tattoos including religious icons and a skull on his neck.