It was confirmed on Friday by Palmeiras that they had completed the signing of Vitor Roque from Barcelona, after the termination of his loan at Real Betis. The 20-year-old attacker has become their tent this year, but his agent Andre Cury is already thinking of a return to European football.
Barcelona originally spent € 30 million on Roque, plus € 30 million in variables that were not fulfilled. With his switch to Palmeiras, Barcelona gets the majority of their money back and sells 80% of its rights for € 25.5 million plus € 5 million in variables, although they are considered difficult to reach. Speaking with RAC1, Cury explained that the deal was closed to 'help' Barcelona and director of Football Deco.
“Now we do the operation to help Deco and the club because they don't use the player. They take the money back, which Barca needs a lot today, and the player continues his journey. Vitor is sold at almost the same price he came to. Barca recovers almost everything it has invested, “he explained.
CYY also confirmed that Thast Roque could return to Barca during the interview and noticed that the plan was that he returned to European football sooner instead of later.
He is a great player, a great boy. It didn't go well, as we all thought. I think coming in the winter did not do him well. He is a very young boy. He will follow this path to return to Brazil for one or two seasons and returns to Europe. At 21 or 22 years old I think he will be back. The truth is that football has changed a bit today because people want players to perform automatically, from one to the next day.
It was also confirmed that Betis' relocation to sign Cucho Hernandez for € 13 million on Deadline Day was some Roque and his camp motivated to look for other options.
“What happened is that Betis has signed Cucho at the end of the window. Then we counted how many goals he scored, because I think it is easy to score goals, but Vorror left with seven. When Betis made this step to buy a '9', it is because they throw Vitor away. We could not stay on loan there, it is very dangerous for a player to always be on loan, because a player must have an owner to take care of him. “
CYY explained that earlier leadership in the transfer department, sports director Jordi Cruyff, and director of Football Mateu Alemany, were involved in the operation.
“Time will turn out to be deco right with Vitor Roque because he is a great player. The first meeting I had was with Jordi Cruyff and with Mateu Alemany and with Deco, who were together in the Princesa Sofía. The operation was performed as always as always. Barca recovers almost all the invested money. “
The relocation for Roque was very questioned in the Catalan capital, not least by presidential rival Victor Font. He accused Deco of lying about the deal for Roque, and it has been reported that Deco is taking legal steps against the font, although he says he has no knowledge of this. Moreover, last season it was said that manager Xavi Hernandez was not in favor of signing Roque, and it certainly attracted eyebrows that a Barcelona spent a great deal in a desperate situation in terms of their salary limit to an unproven talent. CYY rejected it about private matters such as 'nonsense' and 'things that are not true'.
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