São Paulo watches over Soteldo and dreams of an investor

São Paulo’s priority is to hire a dribbling striker to strengthen Rogério Ceni’s team. Venezuelan Soteldo has entered the French radar, but in Morumbi there is little hope of bringing him back to Brazil.

French managers only admit the possibility of hiring Soteldo with the help of a partner.

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The numbers involved in the deal are far from the possibilities of the club, which this year approached 700 million reais in debt.

São Paulo made contact with Toronto, where Soteldo currently plays, after learning that the Canadian club wanted to loan the athlete. The answer, however, was different: a loan was broken, and only a sale of the Venezuelan’s rights is being considered.

Soteldo was signed by Toronto in April. At the time, the Canadians paid the equivalent of 34 million reais for the Santos player.

Information also available to São Paulo executives is that the striker’s salaries are high, outside of club conditions.

In Morumbi, however, there is still hope.

In addition to the possibility of finding an investor, the club is monitoring the possible hiring of the Italian Insigne by Toronto.

Under MLS, US and Canadian league rules, each team can have three athletes with salaries above the cap, with Soteldo being one of them. For Insignia to arrive, someone has to leave.

However, European vehicles recall that the Italian is not due to land in Canada until June, when his contract with Napoli ends.

Besides Soteldo, São Paulo has already proposed to Douglas Costa, who would occupy a similar position.

Like the Venezuelan striker, the Grêmio player also comes at a high cost. He has a proposal in hand, but warned he will only consider the first week of January.

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