Seleção chance at Palmeiras
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Since Friday evening German time, Vitor Roque has been the most expensive player who has ever switched to a Brazilian club (for statistics). Palmeiras São Paulo paid 25.5 million euros for the 20 -year -old storm talent to FC Barcelona. 5 million euros can be added to bonuses and the Catalans will be involved in the next change with 20 percent. Barça himself had put a year ago a year ago to sign Vitor Roque. This joins a list of historically only 25 players who have changed twice for a double-digit million revenue before the 21st birthday.
The first and third parties, in which this was historically the case, should be role models Vitor Roques-even if both had their zenith before its birth: Ronaldo and Adriano-with the former, just like the Palmeiras newcomer, then took the third million change. Ronaldo went from Cruzeiro to PSV Eindhoven in 1994 for around 5.5 million euros – the transfers to FC Barcelona and Inter Milan were then those who supported his status at that time. At that time that was even the most expensive.
Athletico-Pr 2022 had already paid 4.7 million euros for Vitor Roque-curiously also to Cruzeiro. With the return to home, the attacker delayed a potentially meticulous ascent to the football Olympus that Ronaldo once had, but at least once. El Fenomeno had prevailed in Europe straight away and set up in Eindhoven and Barcelona grandiose gate quotas (54 hits in 57 games or 47 in 49 games). Vitor Roque, on the other hand, could not prevail among the Catalans despite great advance laurels. At his loan to Real Betis, where he spent the first half of the season on loan, he came up with seven goals in 33 games.
However, this does not mean that Vitor Roque is installing his chances of an international career with the transfer. “In Brazil there is a discussion about whether it is better to play for a small club in Europe or to be an idol in our country,” reports Thiago Rabelo, Content Manager for Transfer market. As an example, he also cited Andreas Pereira (29, Fulham), who was also traded at Palmeiras at the turn of the year, who, in contrast to Vitor Roque, is already active for Seleção. “It stood in the room that he would return because he wanted to play at the World Cup next year. He might have had greater chances here than when he plays at Fulham. ” Ultimately, Pereira remained-for the time being-at the Cottagers, Vitor Roque went the way to the top club from São Paulo. There he will storm alongside the currently injured ex-Leverkusener Paulinho (24), who also returned from Europe to Brazil in the summer of 2023 and made his debut for the national team a few months later.