The signing of Vitor Roque could have fallen due to a 'surprise clause'

It is official! Vitor Roque Is now player of the FC Barcelona. The 'Tigrinho' has signed an agreement that links it to the club culé by seven seasons and by a mount of 61 million euros, being 30 of them fixed and 31 if they fulfil a series of variables. Although in this moment all is jubilation in the City Condal, previous to the oficialización of this union lived a few hours of tension, since the past Saturday the incorporation of this player could have fallen completely.

Everything began with a problem of documentation. Although the Barcelona club had sent all the agreements of the traspaso signed so that they were ratified by the Athlético Paranaense and concretise the operation, the lawyers of the forward gave a 'stop' of last minute to the transaction. The letrados percataron of a clause in the agreement that had imposed the 'Furaçao' to Roque to leave to the club blaugrana, which exempted to the Brazilian club of all economic debt that had with the player.

The attacker fichó by the 'Rubro-Black' in the season 2022/2023 pertinent of the Cruzeiro. Precisely, this transaction was the one who desataba the controversy in the agreement of the '9', since of the pact between the 'Celestial' and the team of Paraná, 'Tigrinho' had to receive an economic compensation, which had not been cancelled by the team. With this clause 'liberadora of payment' the ones of Wesley Carvalho looked for 'escaquearse' to honour his financial commitments. When darse of these terms, as it was to expect , the lawyers detained the operation.

What had to happen now so that Vitor Roque and the FC Barcelona could join his ways?

Although the Barça and Vitor Roque agreed from the beginning, since the player has expressed in more than an opportunity his wish to land in the City Condal, this stipulation presented like an obstacle for the transaction and forced to redo the agreement, deleting this condition and having to be re-signed by both clubs and the player. Process to the that the FC Barcelona avocó immediately.

The fear of the ones of Xavi was that the operation could run danger if the Athletico Paranaense showed reacio to delete this clause of his agreement. However, in Can Barça went back to prepare the documentation with the hope that the operation developed with total normality and finally, the past Sunday, all the parts stamped his rúbrica in the agreements that, now yes, sentenced the union between the Brazilian forward and the Barcelona club.