Quickly announced as a great talent for Brazilian football, Vitor Roque has seen his situation have been complicated for several months. The 19 -year -old striker who has 1 cape with the Seleçao had been recruited with great fanfare by FC Barcelona in the winter of 2024. While he was rather arriving in the summer of 2024, Vitor Roque finally joined Catalonia six months earlier and with little success. Not in Xavi's plans, he only played 16 pieces of matches for 2 goals. Already outside of Catalan sports planning and announced on the side of Saudi Arabia, Vitor Roque remained in Liga at Real Betis Balompé.
Loaned with the Verdiblancos, he played 30 games with the team coached by Manuel Pellegrini for 7 goals and 2 offerings. If his yield is far from bad, the Brazilian striker has however seen his role in the team decrease drastically. This winter, Real Betis Balompé recruited Cucho Hernandez from Columbus Crew. With the Colombian but also Chimy Avila and Cédric Bakambu as competitors, Vitor Roque is in a more fragile position. While Real Betis Balompé has already meant FC Barcelona that it will not make an offer for Vitor Roque whose purchase option had been set at 25 million euros, the Palmeiras club entered this file And made an offer of 27 million euros to attach the services of the one who was born in Timóteo.
Palmeiras counts on FC Barcelona
However, if Real Betis does not really count on him at the end of the season, Vitor Roque is not particularly attracted by returning to Brazil and favored continuity in Europe. Staying on this winter transfer window, he no longer has many possibilities since Turkey finishes his transfer window this Tuesday and Russia on February 20 for the European championships of a certain level. The Brazilian transfer window finishes in 17 days on February 28. And precisely, Palmeiras wants to play on the declining situation of Vitor Roque in the severe workforce and the few exit doors available to him.
According to the Brazilian media Uolthe Verdao therefore relies on the support of FC Barcelona to convince the Balompé Real Betis to let the player go without claiming the costs of release from the latter's loan. The goal is also to convince the player that a return to Brazil would be the best way to relaunch after his failure at FC Barcelona and this mixed experience at Real Betis Balompié. Palmeiras intends to complete the operation in two weeks and is confident. In the event of failure, the club which will compete this summer the Club World Cup intends to return to the charge in June and the opening of an exceptional transfer window before this competition. Despite the Vitor Roque failure, FC Barcelona could therefore fall back on its feet in this case.
