The future of Vitor Roque remains a subject of discussion, with nine days left in the Brazilian transfer window and a strong interest from Palmeiras when closing a deal. The teenager Vooruit, on loan from Barcelona at Real Betis, is reportedly reluctant to leave Europe a little more than a year after arrival.
President of Palmeiras, Leila Pereira, has declared an interest in signing Roque publicly, and less than 24 hours later, Roque's Agent Andre Cury has now arrived in the Catalan capital to discuss a deal. Real Betis Sporting Director Manu Fajardo denied that there was a movement on the cards and Cury has previously refused a transfer request from his customer, but it seems that parts are still moving.
According to Sport, Cury has now received the range of Palmeiras and is now in the Catalan capital to resolve the business. The daily papers note that the Betis, Barcelona and Palmeiras agreement requires to reach a deal, as well as Roque with O Verdao, making an agreement far from easy.
Betis is reluctant to lose an attacker so late in the season, with only Cedric Bakambu and Cucho Hernandez as number nine alternatives. However, Roque has fallen from the starting XI lately, and in addition to his salary, Betis Barcelona has to pay € 1.5 million if he does not reach a certain number of games.
Palmeiras will offer him a leading role and make him the best -paid player in the club, while Barcelona would like to do a deal if they can earn back the € 30 million they initially spent on Roque. Earlier reports place the range of Palmeiras at around € 27 million for 80% of its rights, which would achieve that goal. Roque is no longer in their plans, but the unknown part of the deal is or Betis will let him go and what financial incentives they will demand to do this.
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