Director of football CorinthiansRubens Gomes, known as Rubão, said this Monday (1/1) to Rádio Guaíba that the club has left the competition for Benjamín Roller liftsattacking midfielder for Students. The leader revealed that he knew, through conversations with the Benficawhich the Botafogo is fighting with the Portuguese for the player.
– We had no negotiations. I called Benfica, because they said he was in negotiations, and as I had just negotiated (Lucas) Veríssimo, I have good contact with Rui (Benfica manager). I asked if they were negotiating for Benjamín and he said yes. I just asked Benfica if he was negotiating. “It’s okay”. He said: “It’s a very difficult negotiation, because Botafogo is also negotiating with the player, it’s with SAF, you’ve seen what it’s like, right?” I replied: “Okay then, I’m not even going to do that.” He laughed. And that. He is a player who was being monitored, but we had no contact whatsoever – said Rubão.
The Corinthians director said that Benfica and Botafogo had become “unfair competition” for the São Paulo club for the player. Timão ended up signing Rodrigo Garro, midfielder from Talleres.
– I consulted Benfica, they said they were negotiating. We’re not going in, it’s going to be an auction. Benfica has a lot of money, Botafogo has SAF and then that unfair competition will become. So, we brought Garro. Not that he was the second option, they are two players with completely different styles. As we saw that there were two clubs in negotiations, we left. Turn that auction around, understand? Botafogo wants to pay 12, then they start with 13, they start to argue and then the businessmen decide and then we are left in the hands of the guys, understand? – added Rubão.
*Updated at 7:48 pm
2024-01-01 22:33:13
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