Thirteen months after the Athletico Paranense at Barcelona, Vitor Roque SE is to leave Spanish football to return to Brazil. He will do this permanently, where Palmeiras has agreed a deal to sign the 19-year-old striker.
Roque has had a turbulent time in Spain. He arrived in Barcelona with a lot of promise last January, but he struggled to make an impact in the second half of last season. That is why the decision was made before the start of the current campaign that he should leave, and he did this by joining Real Betis.
However, Roque also struggled in the Benito Villamarin despite a promising start. In the past few weeks he was behind colleague -strikers Cucho Hernandez and Cedric Bakambu in the pecking order, and therefore Palmeiras felt the chance to sign him immediately.
The negotiation process has been difficult for all clubs. Barcelona accepted an offer worth € 25.5 million from Palmeiras, but in order to make the deal progress, they had to receive approval from Betis. Los Verdiblancos wanted compensation for this, and they have now reported it as MD that Barcelona has given them 30% more of the rights of EZBDE, which brought them to 80%.
There was also Pushback from La Liga and the Spanish football federation, but after FIFA had given their approval for a deal, the other two branches did that, as such, an agreement is total, and on Friday Roque will travel to Brazil to sign a five -year contract with Palmeiras.
The Roque episode has been a disappointing for Barcelona, but they will be happy that they have run away with almost even broken. They will now look to use the money they will receive as part of their transfer plans for the summer.
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