Less than two hours to close the transfer window, the São Paulo received the refusal of the release by the Al-Hilal of striker Marcos Leonardo22 years old. The Morumbi club did not advance its offer to pay only part of the player’s salary in the four months he would be in Brazil. Sao Paulo would spend $ 7.2 million.
“Yes” was arranged between Marcos Leonardo and the boards of the clubs Until coach Simone Inzaghi change his mind and ask to register the Brazilian at the Asia Champions League and not negotiate the striker at this time. And everything was done as the Italian sent. Until then, Marcos Leonardo was out of Al-Hilal’s plans for occupying one of the foreign player vacancies. The coach himself didn’t want him on the team and gave up him.
The Saudi club believed it could get the 25 million euros which he intended for the athlete’s definitive contract, but this did not happen in the window of Europe and Brazil. And Sao Paulo did not go up its offer. He even tried to stretch the loan time, with the possibility of purchase at the end of 2026. But that did not cheer the Saudi leaders.
What was decided
Thus, São Paulo will not have the striker, Inzaghi will have to review the use of the Brazilian in the season, Al-Hilal will not receive the 25 million euros that wanted so much and Marcos Leonardo will have to fight for position with cast competitors. He also sees his chance to return to Brazil and approach the team a little harder.
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In any case, it is worth mentioning the commitment of the player and the board of São Paulo to try to seek alternatives within their financial possibilities and not “Pure” the financial adjustment he set out to do at the beginning of the season. Thus, Marcos Leonardo, for now, was just a dream or illusion for the São Paulo fan.
But Rigoni is back
This Tuesday, Tricolor announced the return of midfielder Emiliano Rigoni at the request of Crespo. At 32, the Argentine reaches his second spell at Morumbi, by the way, as the coach himself. He signed a contract until December, with the possibility of renewal by the end of 2026.
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