ROQUE SAID “NO” TO A LOT OF MONEY
Vitor Roque rejected a 'top' club in the Premier to succeed at Barça
Published:5/07/2023 - 01:29h
Updated:5/07/2023 - 10:04h
The FC Barcelona attained to close the signing of Vitor Roque anticipating to several 'big' in Europe. According to the journalist Fabrizio Romano, the '9' ruled out higher offers to play for Barça even though, probably, he will have to wait until 2024 to debut
Vitor Roque Will be player of the FC Barcelona until 2029 in the next hours. Although the club has quite complicated to open gap in the mass salarial for his registration this summer, the forward preferred to the Barcelona group in front of the insistence of the sportive direction and the 'ok' of the technical body that leads Xavi Hernández, even in spite of losing several million euros by his decision.
In this sense, the journalist Fabrizio Romano ensures that 'Tigrinho' always had clear his intention to expect by an offer of the Barça, still when in the Premier League there was a 'big' tempting him. Finally, the operation will close in 35 million fixed euros more 10 'kilos' extra in variables, montos that the club will have to credit in several terms to the Athletico Paranaense. For the group of Curitiba, the possibility to retain to the forward at least until final of year also was key.
Chelsea went back to fracasar in a bidding with the Barça
"A club of the Premier League tried sabotear the movement of the Barça by Vitor Roque, but the alone player wanted to incorporate to the Barça from the first day, waiting for signing agreement", explained Roman. Everything aims to that the distinguished club by the skilled journalist in signings was Chelsea, since Todd Bohely, owner of the group 'blue', also tried to convince to the Paranaense of traspasarle this summer.
◉ One Top Premier League club tried to hijack Barça moves for Vitor Roque;
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 4, 2023
◉ I have only wanted to join Barça since day one, waiting to sign contract;
◉ Liverpool pushing for Roméo Lavia, Arsenal & Chelsea in;
◉ Chelsea plan for Brazilian talents.
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The another 'big' of the Premier that bid by 'Tigrinho' in the last weeks was the Arsenal, although the ones of Mikel Arteta have fewer urgencies that Chelsea in what to fichar a '9' refers . The ones of Stamford Bridge already had fracasado the summer happened in his eagerness by fichar to Raphinha, the one who also preferred to play in the Barça in spite of winning less money. The managerial 'blue' neither had luck when trying convince to Ousmane Dembélé, one of the reinforcements that wanted the technical Thomas Tuchel.
Vitor Roque Will expect his moment in the Barça
Once resolved the 'serial' of his exit of the 'Furaçao', to Vitor Roque only subtracts him define when will incorporate to the first team culé. It was in August or in January 2023, the Barça does not have intentions to give him shooting with the filial and, in what LaLiga authorise his registration, will train under the orders of Xavi Hernández. For the egarense, the ideal is to add him what before, but knows that the operation, in the financial appearance, is complex. In the meantime, the '9' will expect calm by his moment, conscious that, when it land in Catalonia, will have to work a lot to win a place in the XI.