Villarreal go for Fabio Silva

The Portuguese forward will leave Borussia Dortmund this summer.

Javier Parra Peña | 3 Jul 2026 | 01.00
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<p>Villarreal, going for Fabio Silva.</p>
<p>Villarreal, going for Fabio Silva.</p>

Villarreal has set its top priority radar on the Bundesliga and is highly interested in signing Fábio Silva, a Portuguese striker who has become a market opportunity for several teams in Spain and European football. The Villarreal's transfer market is one of the most active in Spanish football due to the requests of Íñigo Pérez.

The Yellow Submarine's technical secretariat has begun the necessary inquiries to evaluate the incorporation of the 23-year-old attacker, who has just completed a season full of competitive ups and downs with Borussia Dortmund. The Villarreal board aims to take advantage of the forward's situation at Signal Iduna Park to make a compelling offer and add him to their squad for the upcoming campaign.

The noble floor of the Estadio de la Cerámica plans to speed up formal contacts to get ahead of fierce competition that has erupted massively in Spanish football, according to information advanced by specialist Rudy Galetti and confirmed by journalist Luis Quintana.

Villarreal, after Fabio Silva

Villarreal wants to sign Fabio Silva

The Castellon-based team is part of a select list of five LaLiga EA Sports clubs longing for the tactical virtues of the striker born in Gondomar. Teams like Real Sociedad, Real Betis, RCD Espanyol, Celta de Vigo, and newly-promoted Deportivo de La Coruña remain highly attentive in the institutional offices to try to facilitate the return of the professional to the national championship.

The commercial viability of this summer file will force Castellon's executives to devise an impeccable financial seduction strategy, as the attacker has a long-lasting contract shield with the German squad valid until June 30, 2030. Having disbursed a fixed amount of 22 million euros to Wolverhampton Wanderers in August 2025 to secure his services, there is no urgent need within BVB's board to offload their asset, whose current market value is fixed at 22.00 million euros by the specialized platform Transfermarkt.

Villarreal's strong stance to secure the virtues of the Portuguese full international responds to the urgent need of the coaching staff to inject dynamism, physical freshness, and mobility in the final meters of the attack. At 23 years old, the player from Porto's academy is characterized by his great versatility on the pitch, capable of performing as a classic goal scorer, starting from the left flank, or acting as an attacking midfielder in the final third.

During his recent adventure in Germany, the striker enjoyed indisputable prominence in the Betis rotations of the Ruhr basin, but failed to materialize the goal-scoring records demanded by Westfalia's analysts. However, his outstanding previous performance in the Spanish league defending the colors of UD Las Palmas, where he emerged as the top scorer of the Canarian team by signing an impeccable record of 10 goals, acts as the main endorsement for the Cerámica's sports commission to be determined to invest financially.

LaLiga Battle for the Signing of Fabio Silva

The negotiations in Castellon's offices promise to intensify exponentially in the coming days before the start of training sessions led by Niko Kovač in Germany. The striker is highly attracted to the competitive proposal of returning to Spain, an environment where he excelled and even won the award for the best under-23 player of the month in November after scoring historic goals, like the memorable goal for Las Palmas' victory at Barcelona's home ground.

The back and forth calls will force Castellon's technical secretariat to act with maximum business cunning to avoid the competition's emergence distorting the economic demands of the operation. Currently, no written formal proposals have been put on the table in Westfalia's offices, as all parties await the player himself to define his personal and professional priorities for the upcoming football season.

The roadmap for the Cerámica board is perfectly outlined at the beginning of summer. With full compliance from the methodological reports filed by their talent scouts and the financial liquidity securely available, Villarreal will time the market with surgical precision to outdo their domestic competitors and ensure that Fábio Silva's quality and off-the-ball movements embellish their frontline.

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