If the French team’s opponents are jealous of the Blues’ talent pool, Brazil has nothing to envy of the Tricolores. For some time now, major clubs have no longer hesitated to cross the Atlantic to recruit very young Brazilian talents. The most telling example is Real Madrid, which quickly locked down the files of Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo and more recently the star Endrick. And in this little game, Chelsea are not left out.
An offer of €20 million refused
The Blues have made a specialty of recruiting young Brazilian nuggets such as Angelo, Washington or Andrey Santos. And recently, Todd Boehly’s club has been interested in a Corinthians player, Gabriel Moscardo. Described as a solid defensive midfielder in duels and technically not clumsy, Moscardo is 18 years old and under contract until 2026. Having appeared 16 times in the Brazilian league, the player has good odds.
He is in fact courted by FC Barcelona, Liverpool, Arsenal and therefore Chelsea. The Londoners even took action, but saw a first offer of €20 million refused. However, some local media announced in recent hours that the sale of the young midfielder to the Blues was finalized. A version quickly denied by the Meu Timão Youtube channel, the TV Bandeirantes blog and Globoesporte who managed to contact Kia Joorabchian who works on this file for the England side. “No, the sale has not been concluded”. This is where Paris Saint-Germain arrives.
Luis Campos soon in Brazil
We can confirm to you that the capital club is in the process of reversing the trend in this matter, as indicated by the media Esports R7. Luis Campos will soon travel to Brazil to meet the leaders of Corinthians and the intermediary Giuliano Bertolucci to try to finalize the file. We are also able to tell you that the football advisor is in advanced negotiations with Moscardo’s agent, Rodolfo Ximenes. As for the price, the Paulista team hopes to get at least €25 million from it.
A price which remains high, but which can be explained by the fact that Corinthians only own 80% of the player’s economic rights. In addition, it should be noted that Parisians will have to convince not one, but two presidents. Indeed, the current boss Duilio Monteiro will cede his throne next January to Augusto Melo. The two leaders must therefore logically be on the same wavelength for this file to reach its conclusion. Finally, if Paris manages to complete this operation, there is a chance that Moscardo will be loaned immediately to his future ex-club until the end of the 2023/2024 season.
