Market Slowdown: Director Signals Urgent Search Shift

Yesterday I heard the president of Palmeiras say very well that she had hit the post three times and it wasn’t bad. And he’s right. They got there and needed some adjustments. Now, imagine what the team that put the ball in there needs? No revolution is needed. We had two urgent needs, which were a defender, which we are going to present, and a goalkeeper. These are the needs for the beginning of the season

José Boto, however, used an analogy that President Luiz Eduardo Baptista, known as Bap, usually cites and did not rule out the arrival of new reinforcements, but indicated that the work is “no rush, no stress”

Then, of course, we are paying attention to the market and need to qualify the squad. President Bap has an analogy that I really like: I need shoes, I go to the mall, buy a watch, a coat and a shirt, and I run out of money for shoes. I come with what I already have and without the thing I went to buy. We know what we want to qualify the cast more, without rushing, without stress

The director also explained the choice to hire Vitão. “Already last year we had identified that we needed a fourth defender who was young, but with experience. We had identified Vitão. I had been there for many years… Vitão joined Shakhtar at the age of 18. [Donetsk, onde Boto trabalhou] He was, without a doubt, one of the best defenders in the Brazilian Championship. It will qualify the squad so that we don’t have the difficulties we had last year with just three defenders. I know the potential. It won’t be easy because the competition is big, but he has the quality to do it.”