It has been known for a long time that Marcão enjoys a high reputation in the Italian Serie A. Above all, SSC Napoli, AS Roma and Atalanta are mentioned as potential buyers of the Brazilian central defender. Meanwhile, Spanish Champions League semi-finalists Villarreal are said to have already gone a step further and submitted an official bid for Marcão at Galatasaray, according to Turkish media reports.
While “Cim Bom” is looking forward to the upcoming presidential elections in June, squad planning for the coming season is in full swing. It is clear that the yellow-red urgently need reinforcements on the transfer market, but at the same time are dependent on proceeds from the sale of players. Galatasaray could now offer a lucrative deal with FC Villarreal: The “yellow submarine”, which only failed in the semi-finals of this year’s Champions League season at Liverpool and had previously sensationally eliminated FC Bayern in the quarter-finals, are the services reportedly worth €16m by Marcão. Considering the ‘Lions’ signed the 25-year-old from Portuguese club GD Chaves in January 2019 for a transfer fee of just €4m, it would be a gratifying financial gain on the transfer market. And in fact, according to the corresponding media report, Galatasaray tends to accept the Spaniards’ offer – but only when the new president is known. From a sporting point of view, “Cim Bom” would then have to speak of a bitter loss, because Marcão and his defensive colleague Victor Nelsson, who was also much sought after, formed a reliable duo in central defense in 2021/22. But the whole truth is that the Brazilian often tends to be indisciplined.
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