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Agent: Hulk will not force Porto exit and would only leave for one of Europe’s top sides
The Brazilian's representative has stressed that his client is happy with life in Portugal and added he would never push through a transfer despite interest from Chelsea
9 Jan 2012 14:17:00
By Stefan Coerts
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The agent of Porto attacker Hulk has made it clear that the Brazil international will only change clubs if the Portuguese giants agree to a transfer.
Hulk has been linked with Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain in the past couple of months, but Porto are determined to hold on to the attacker for now and the 25-year-old has no intention of forcing an exit.
"I do not think he wants to leave Porto. He is satisfied, he likes the club and the city," his agent Teodoro Fonseca told O Jogo.
"Porto have always respected him and he will never force his way out of the club. He is not a player to pick fights and everything that could be done would be done together with the club and never behind their back.
"Like any other player, Hulk wants to play in a more attractive competition. One day, he will sit down with Porto and both parties will think that his cycle is over, just like it happened with Deco and Lisandro Lopez in the past. His release clause is a figure that does not mean anything."
Fonseca then went on to state that his client would not leave Porto for just any club and stressed that Hulk eventually wants to join one of Europe's top teams.
"I only received three offers at the start of the season, but Hulk turned them down right away. They were all better than Porto, financially speaking, but he wanted to play against Barcelona and then in the Champions League.
"It is true that he would never accept an offer from Atletico Madrid. Hulk is not motivated by money, but by sporting ambition, love and affection. And he acknowledges all Porto have done for him. He wants a team which fights for titles, which plays in the Champions League and has a great project."
Hulk is under contract with Porto until the summer of 2016. He has a £83 million release clause in his current deal.
Hulk has been linked with Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain in the past couple of months, but Porto are determined to hold on to the attacker for now and the 25-year-old has no intention of forcing an exit.
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"I do not think he wants to leave Porto. He is satisfied, he likes the club and the city," his agent Teodoro Fonseca told O Jogo.
"Porto have always respected him and he will never force his way out of the club. He is not a player to pick fights and everything that could be done would be done together with the club and never behind their back.
"Like any other player, Hulk wants to play in a more attractive competition. One day, he will sit down with Porto and both parties will think that his cycle is over, just like it happened with Deco and Lisandro Lopez in the past. His release clause is a figure that does not mean anything."
Fonseca then went on to state that his client would not leave Porto for just any club and stressed that Hulk eventually wants to join one of Europe's top teams.
"I only received three offers at the start of the season, but Hulk turned them down right away. They were all better than Porto, financially speaking, but he wanted to play against Barcelona and then in the Champions League.
"It is true that he would never accept an offer from Atletico Madrid. Hulk is not motivated by money, but by sporting ambition, love and affection. And he acknowledges all Porto have done for him. He wants a team which fights for titles, which plays in the Champions League and has a great project."
Hulk is under contract with Porto until the summer of 2016. He has a £83 million release clause in his current deal.
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England 1-0 Belgium, Netherlands 2-0 Northern Ireland - follow all the international action LIVE! ahead of Euro 2012
With countries across the continent gearing up for their final warm-up games ahead of Euro 2012, join us for all the action from Saturday's friendlies. Get in touch with us via Twitter with your reaction.
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Here's Roy Hodgson's reaction to the result and some injury chat: "I'm very pleased, it's been a hard week and we've used a lot of players. There was a lot of disruption in the second-half with substitutions – some forced upon us, some we wanted to do. But it's still a very good end to the week playing against a good Belgian team here. Arguably even stronger than the Norwegian team we played last week and I've got to be more than happy that we've come out with another victory."
"[Gary] Cahill I suppose is slightly more of a concern for me because it is a jaw injury. We're desperately hoping the CT scan doesn't show any fracture and it's just going to be a bruising situation, which will be bad enough, but won't stop him taking part in the tournament. As far as John's [Terry] concerned he felt his hamstring a little bit. Again it wasn't a major thing when he came off but we still need to scan it just to be 100 per cent sure."
Suffice to say, if Cahill has broken his jaw, he won't play any part in the tournament.
"[Gary] Cahill I suppose is slightly more of a concern for me because it is a jaw injury. We're desperately hoping the CT scan doesn't show any fracture and it's just going to be a bruising situation, which will be bad enough, but won't stop him taking part in the tournament. As far as John's [Terry] concerned he felt his hamstring a little bit. Again it wasn't a major thing when he came off but we still need to scan it just to be 100 per cent sure."
Suffice to say, if Cahill has broken his jaw, he won't play any part in the tournament.
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And another point from today: Eden Hazard wasn't great. Don't think you can judge him on one performance though. What do you think? Is it just a case of too much hype around the Chelsea-bound Belgian?
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We're getting plenty of people saying it was boring. PLENTY. But Spain scored seven goals in eight games at the World Cup and I didn't hear too many of their fans complaining. Or as Fran Stinchcombe points out on Twitter: "If we had lost but played free flowing attacking football would these people still have moaned?"
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