Certainly, FC Barcelona has become the specialist in complicated operations in the transfer window. For those who have not followed anything from the news of the round ball in recent months, the Blaugrana club has once again fought legally to register two of its recruits (Dani Olmo and Pau Victor) for the end of the season. This time, the sale of Vitor Roque is a problem.
Recruited by Barça for 40 M €, the Brazilian striker lived hell in Catalonia, to the point of having gone on loan to Betis. Happy in Andalusia where he scored 7 goals with the Sevillian training, the Brazilian was supposed to leave the Verdiblancos these days to return to the country. Still looking for money, Barça has indeed accepted the offer of Palmeiras which guarantees the abutments a check of at least € 25 million (for 80% of the rights of the player). Except that Laliga has not authorized this operation for reasons of administrative problems. Last night, the deal was even announced as finished.
The Pedro Lima case
Since then, Barça has embarked on a trial race to finalize its deal with the Verdão, before the closure of the Brazilian market, namely on February 28. The Plan of the Catalans is as follows: Break the loan with the Betis and transfer it to Palmeiras. And to achieve its ends, Sport And Mundo Deportivo Affirm in chorus that the Barcelona management intends to request FIFA and rely on a very specific case to obtain the green light from the governing body of world football.
This is the Pedro Lima case. In June 2024, Palmeiras ended the loan from the 21 -year -old Brazilian midfielder while the Brazilian market was closed. The Paulist club had been, despite everything authorized by FIFA to lend it to the Croatian training of the NK Osijek, the Croatian market being still open at the time. This case looks like two drops of water to that of Vitor Roque and Barça now hopes that FIFA will also be mild.
