U -turn on the Deadline Day
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This article appeared on the transfer market in its first version at 7:19 a.m. and was updated after the official announcement.
Serious sports media in Brazil agreed at the start of the week: The transfer from Vitor Roque to Palmeiras will not take place in this winter transfer window, which closes in Brazil on February 28. Now you report enforcement both in the home of the center forward and in Spain. A nice gift for the 20th birthday. Everything has been in dry cloths since Friday evening.
Since Vitor Roque had been awarded from FC Barcelona to Betis since August 26, he had to go back from Betis to Barça for a move to Brazil – but the Spanish transfer window has been closed since February 3. Laliga rules would make the deal fail, it was first said. Loud “Globo“In Brazil, however, the clubs received the green light from FIFA for the transfer.
As initially announced Real Betis on Friday afternoon, the rental agreement with FC Barcelona was dissolved. “The club thanks him for his services and wishes him the best of luck with his next professional challenges,” said Vitor Roque in the corresponding message. In the evening Palmeiras followed and reported the transfer, the Youngster received a long -term contract. Barcelona also confirmed the deal.
Palmeiras makes the attacker the most expensive access in club history with a rumored transfer fee of 25 million euros. The Catalans also have the chance of bonuses of 5 million euros and a share of 20 percent. For Vitor Roque, who completed the medical check in Seville and is said to have signed the contract online, the Spain chapter has ended after a year. Barça won the storm talent in January 2024 for 30.5 million euros from athletico Paranaense and gave him 16 times the chance to demonstrate his skills-with moderate success. This was followed by the loan towards Seville, where he commuted between the bank and starting eleven and came to nine scorers in 33 games.
According to the sports newspaper based in Barcelona, Palmeiras takes over to the fact that Betis agreed to demolish the loan “Mundo Deportivo“Part of the rental fee, which amounted to 6 million euros. In addition, the Barça club receives another 30 percent of the transfer rights of wing strikers Abde Ezzalzouli (23). The national player Morocco, who was trained in La Masia, changed to Seville for 7.5 million euros in the summer of 2023 – Betis received 50 percent of the transfer rights, the rest kept Barcelona. As a result, the Catalans are only 20 percent involved in a resale of Ezzalzoulis.
Betis trainer Manuel Pellegrini wanted to keep Vitor Roque until the end of the loan. After a conversation with the Brazilian, the 71-year-old gave up his desire to change. After the deal was officially confirmed, all parties involved have made a good deal: Barça ensures scope in the budget in Spain, the chapter Vitor Roque ends with manageable loss, Sevilla receives transfer rights for Ezzalzouli and Palmeiras has a new star. Vitor Roque is back in the league, in which he once screwed its market value to 40 million euros. This last fell to 20 million euros.