THE palm trees intensified the conversations to hire the dreamed center forward that Abel Ferreira asks and got very close to Carlos Vinícius, who is currently on loan at PSV-HOL, but belongs to Benfica. Although the conversations continued, optimism ended up diminishing so that its arrival is still in this window, which closes next Tuesday, the 12th.
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It is not today that Verdão has its eye on the 27-year-old striker. At the end of last year, when he was looking to strengthen his position at the request of the Portuguese coach, the club even probed the Brazilian’s situation. Although there was mutual interest, he had just been loaned out for two years to the Dutch team, and the move would not have made sense at the time.
Almost six months later, Alviverde returned to look for the player’s agent to seek information. The situation had changed and conversations resumed, with Carlos looking forward to returning to Brazil. In reserve in Holland and with few prospects in Europe, the possibility of fighting for titles in a Brazilian giant pleases a lot.
However, what initially excited him, soon cooled down, since the operation to remove him from PSV, with whom he has a loan contract until the middle of 2023, is not simple. In the agreement with Benfica, the Dutch can cover an eventual proposal received by the Portuguese and there is already a fixed price for the purchase option. Furthermore, the European season is underway and a release now would not interest the Netherlands team.
Thus, the alternative would be for Benfica to try to deal with the case with PSV, while Palmeiras has signaled, at first, for a loan, but at the same time with the possibility of signaling with an offer between 6 and 8 million euros (between R$31 million and R$41 million at the current price) for the definitive deal. With the Portuguese, the contract runs until the middle of 2024.
Given this imbroglio that is emerging, it is practically unlikely that there will be a resolution before April 12, when the transfer window to Brazil closes. Therefore, the expectation is that something can be negotiated considering the next window, which opens on July 18th. If he arrived now, Carlos Vinícius could not compete in Libertadores (only from the round of 16 onwards), only the Brazilian Championship and the Copa do Brasil.
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