{"id":53014,"date":"2026-08-16T01:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T01:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=53014"},"modified":"2026-08-16T01:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T01:35:09","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8-breaking-club-brugge-are-on-the-verge-of-landing-spanish-wonderkid-jan-virgili-in-a-statement-e12m-deal-%f0%9f%87%aa%f0%9f%87%b8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=53014","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Club Brugge are on the verge of landing Spanish wonderkid Jan Virgili in a statement \u20ac12M deal! \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bg-image-attribution gds-body-s ng-star-inserted\" title=\"Credit Angel Martinez\/Angel Martinez\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Club Brugge are on the verge of landing Spanish wonderkid Jan Virgili in a statement \u20ac12M deal! \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8<\/div>\n<div title=\"Credit Angel Martinez\/Angel Martinez\"><\/div>\n<div title=\"Credit Angel Martinez\/Angel Martinez\"><\/div>\n<div title=\"Credit Angel Martinez\/Angel Martinez\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-53015\" src=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/div>\n<div title=\"Credit Angel Martinez\/Angel Martinez\"><\/div>\n<div title=\"Credit Angel Martinez\/Angel Martinez\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_61c21c51a11b8e44\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel md-content enable-luminous-fast-follows enable-updated-hr-color stronger tutor-markdown-rendering\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-busy=\"false\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<div>Belgian champions Club Brugge have completed a major statement in the transfer market by securing 20-year-old Spanish wonderkid Jan Virgili. The Jan Breydel Stadium outfit triggered the winger&#8217;s \u20ac12 million release clause to beat out heavy competition across Europe, including Portuguese giants Benfica.<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"citation-31 citation-end-31\">Virgili spent the 2025\u201326 season with RCD Mallorca in La Liga after departing FC Barcelona&#8217;s La Masia youth setup in August 2025. Despite Mallorca&#8217;s eventual relegation to the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n, the young winger enjoyed a standout breakthrough campaign, making 19 starts and leading the club in completed dribbles.<\/span> <span class=\"citation-30 citation-end-30\">Following Mallorca&#8217;s drop down the Spanish football pyramid, his release clause dropped from \u20ac30 million to \u20ac12 million, prompting Club Brugge to step up decisively and land his signature.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"citation-29 citation-end-29\">The transfer also yields a massive financial windfall for FC Barcelona.<\/span> <span class=\"citation-28 citation-end-28\">When Barcelona negotiated Virgili&#8217;s initial sale to Mallorca in 2025, the Catalan club retained a 40% sell-on clause alongside a right of first refusal.<\/span> <span class=\"citation-27 citation-end-27\">While Barcelona briefly considered bringing the Spanish youth prospect back to the Camp Nou to bolster their attacking depth, Club Brugge moved quickly to seal the deal.<\/span> <span class=\"citation-26 citation-end-26\">Consequently, Barcelona will receive roughly \u20ac4.8 million from the total transfer fee, giving their summer balance sheet a significant boost.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>For Club Brugge, signing one of Spain&#8217;s most technical young attackers highlights their growing status as a premier destination for elite European talent. <span class=\"citation-25 citation-end-25\">Virgili brings directness, flair, and top-tier dribbling ability to the Belgian champions as they look to defend their domestic league title and make a strong run in the UEFA Champions League.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Virgili has officially joined the squad and made his debut for Blauw-Zwart, coming off the bench during their 3\u20130 Belgian Pro League victory against Oud-Heverlee Leuven. <span class=\"citation-24 citation-end-24\">He is expected to form an exciting attack alongside fellow young talents like Nicol\u00f2 Tresoldi, Carlos Forbs, and Mamadou Diakhon.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Club Brugge are on the verge of landing Spanish wonderkid Jan Virgili in a statement \u20ac12M deal! \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 Belgian champions Club Brugge have completed a major statement in the transfer market by securing 20-year-old Spanish wonderkid Jan Virgili. The Jan Breydel Stadium outfit triggered the winger&#8217;s \u20ac12 million release clause to beat out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[446],"class_list":["post-53014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-bugerian"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718.jpg",720,900,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718-240x300.jpg",240,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718.jpg",720,900,false],"large":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718.jpg",720,900,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718.jpg",720,900,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718.jpg",720,900,false],"jnews-360x180":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718-360x180.jpg",360,180,true],"jnews-750x375":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718-720x375.jpg",720,375,true],"jnews-1140x570":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718-720x570.jpg",720,570,true],"jnews-120x86":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718-120x86.jpg",120,86,true],"jnews-350x250":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718-350x250.jpg",350,250,true],"jnews-750x536":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718-720x536.jpg",720,536,true],"jnews-1140x815":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718-720x815.jpg",720,815,true],"jnews-360x504":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718-360x504.jpg",360,504,true],"jnews-75x75":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718-75x75.jpg",75,75,true],"jnews-350x350":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718-350x350.jpg",350,350,true],"jnews-featured-750":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718.jpg",720,900,false],"jnews-featured-1140":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718.jpg",720,900,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Newssoccer","author_link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Blog<\/a>","tag_info":"Blog","comment_count":"0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786843764718.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53016,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53014\/revisions\/53016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}