Vitor Roque will be the first signing of Barça 2024. There is already an agreement in principle between the blaugrana club and Athletico Paranaense for Tigrinho, the best 9 in South American football. As confirmed by the newspaper Sport, the summit that took place this weekend at the blaugrana offices in the Citutat Esportiva has yielded practically definitive results. Barcelona has tied the 18-year-old center forward who aims to become a world figure and who will land to be, in his first year, a complement to Robert Lewandowski.
The agreement between clubs already includes a definitive transfer price: Barcelona will pay 35 million euros plus 10 in variables, divided into three years. Deco has gotten away with it, because the Curitiba club was planted in Barcelona asking for 45 million more variables.
Contract until 2028
the young battering ram will sign for five seasons, which is the maximum time recognized by FIFA, until June 30, 2028, with a termination clause that will prevent any type of play by the state clubs.
The fringes remain to be closed between Vitor Roque and Barça regarding their emoluments, that will adapt to the new financial reality of the entity chaired by Joan Laporta. The footballer, and his family and professional environment, have put everything on his side so that the negotiations came to fruition.
‘Tigrinho’ will land this summer and will be registered when there is a financial ‘fair play’ margin
The agreement between clubs will be made public in the coming weeks. There is no rush with it. Victor Roque will join this summer to the squad led by Xavi Hernández. Barça never worked with the possibility of postponing the striker’s landing for a season.
The agreement between clubs materialized in the meeting held by the entity’s sports leadership led by Deco, who has accelerated the negotiations to avoid any kind of surprises, the CEO of Athletico Paranaense, Alexandre Mattos, and the footballer’s agent, Andre Cury, key in the operation because it has deactivated all offers from the Premier League (that is, Chelsea and Arsenal) to force the furacao to reach an agreement.
In principle, no other meeting between all parties is planned. With the job already done, Alexandre Mattos will no longer delay his presence in Barcelona and this Monday he will leave for Curitiba. The executive needs to immediately find a new coach for Athletico after the dismissal of Paulo Turra.
Now, when the 2022-23 season has not yet closed, it is practically impossible to know if Tigrinho will be able to participate in the pre-season tour that Barça will carry out in the United States between July 19 and 30.
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Vitor Roque will only land in the Catalan capital when there is margin in the fair play financial to be enrolled. In the meantime, he will continue to focus on his commitments at Athletico, which is still alive on three fronts: the Brasileirao, the Copa do Brasil – where he has a tough quarterfinal matchup against Flamengo – and the Copa Libertadores, which will begin its qualifiers in July. back and forth.
His next commitment is Wednesday night at the Morumbi stadium, when he will play the Sao Paulo-Athletico Paranaense match corresponding to the 11th round of the Brasileirao. The meeting will start a new marathon of commitments for the Furacao, who will play two games a week for the next month.