L’attaquant international portugais de 22 ans Francisco Trincao a été prêté jusqu’au 30 juin 2023 par le FC Barcelone au Sporting Portugal, qui bénéficie d’une option d’achat à la fin de ce prêt, an indiquémer le club di catalan s statement. In its statement, Barcelona indicated that “FC Barcelona and Sporting Portugal have reached an agreement regarding the loan of the player Francisco Trincao until June 30, 2023. The agreement also includes a purchase option at the end of this loan.” This season he was loaned to Wolverhampton for an amount of 6 million euros, and Trinkau scored two goals and made only one in 28 matches in the English championship. He played mainly on the right wing. In addition to the players at the end of their loans (Adama Traoré, Luuk de Jong), this is the fourth departure that Barcelona has recorded in this summer transfer period, after the departure of Philippe Coutinho to Aston Villa (20 million euros), Rey Manaj. to Watford, and loaned Clement Lenglet to Tottenham.
With the Portuguese selection, Trincao was called up for the first time in September 2020 for the Nations League match against Croatia (4-1 success), since then it has totaled 7 picks and no goals. He has not played with the Seleção since the 22 minutes he played in a friendly match against Qatar in September 2021 (win 3-1). Trincao will therefore return to the Portuguese championship two years after leaving Braga for Barcelona, who recruited him for 31 million euros in August 2020.
