Sporting de Braga set the purchase option of João Marques at 3.5 million euros, a value identical to what it paid to Estoril to acquire the player. The Minho club thus put the forward up for sale for the same price it spent on his signing.
Torreense, the club by which João Marques is expected to be playing on loan, managed to pay the operation using funds from the Europa League. This reference suggests that the club used money earned through European participation to finance the transfer.
