New Corinthians president Augusto Melo reluctantly part ways with young Gabriel Moscardo.
Despite his injury which will require an operation and a long unavailability, the Brazilian Gabriel Moscardo will commit to PSG and should join the capital of France during next summer. Information confirmed by the new president of Corinthians, Augusto Melo, on Tuesday at a press conference.
However, the latter would have preferred to keep the young midfielder. “From the start, we were against the sale. It is a reality and, in certain meetings, I have mentioned it. I was not in favor of the sale. Players trained at the club will forever constitute a third income. It will first be a shirt, then lace: we want our players to be trained, to give us titles before being promoted. It sells at an incredible price »explained the leader of the most followed Brazilian football club in Brazil after Flamengo.
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“I had to participate in this negotiation, even though it was not something we wanted, continues Augusto Melo. To give you an idea, if we did not accept, they would have paid the clause which was cheaper. Why didn’t they increase Moscardo’s clause? Why didn’t they increase it when it was extended? », asks the president of the Auriverde club. The amount of the transaction should be around 20 million euros, bonus included.
