Abel Ferreira wasn’t expecting any of them. But when he gets back from loans Deyverson, Borja and Dudu, the Portuguese will start having an attack with almost double the number of goals scored with the shirt of Palmeiras compared to the current brand.
Currently, the squad’s seven strikers — Breno Lopes, Veron, Luiz Adriano, Luan Silva, Ron, Wesley and Willian — have scored 131 goals. It is the same combined number as Borja (36), Dudu (70) and Deyverson (25).
Statistically, who pulls the queue in favor of the trio of reinforcements is the Colombian, who scored 36 goals in 112 games, with 0.32 goal/game average.
Borja has the second best average among the ten strikers that Palmeiras will have in their squad at the end of June — barring some negotiation. The leader is Luiz Adriano, with 29 goals in 85 games – 0.34 goals/game.
The average of goals for the current seven is slightly higher: 0.26 goal/game in 505 games. The “old news” trio has 0.24 out of 541 matches.
Deyverson is already in Brazil, working at the Academy of Soccer. Dudu and Borja, if they rejoin, can only play from August, when the international transfer window reopens.
Deyverson will have a chance, and Borja gets asked for by Abel
Deyverson is already available to Abel Ferreira. The striker has gone through exams and has already done physical work.
On the club’s official website, he declared that he was very moved by his return to Palmeiras and swore his love to the club, claiming to have “green blood”. He also revealed that he had talked to Abel and said that he will have a “new mentality” in this second passage.
The striker also said he followed Alviverde from Spain, where most of the club’s games were shown at dawn.
Abel Ferreira consulted some of the team’s captains, as defined, to seal the joining of Deyverson to the group.
Felipe Melo, Gustavo Gómez, Willian and Jaílson are the players who most wore the armband this season. All have worked with the center forward, with whom they were Brazilian champions in 2018.
It is not known whether the same expedient will be adopted when it is Borja’s turn to be reinstated, nor what the captains’ response will be. But unlike Deyverson, Borja was a player Abel asked the board to watch at the start of the season.
But the Colombian imposed his return to the guarantee of enrollment in the liberators, something Abel didn’t want to give him without at least seeing him train, despite having 50 player spots at the Continental. The Portuguese stated at the time that he owed respect to those who were already at the club.
Palmeiras strikers, adding to the borrowed trio, have 262 goals
The Seven:
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Breno Lopes – 29 J 4 G – 0,13
Gabriel Veron – 44 J 11 G – 0,25
“Silva” Luan. 1 J – 0
Luiz Adriano – 85 J 29 G – 0,34
rony 68 J 19 G – 0,27
Wesley 47 J 6 G – 0,12
Willian 231 J 62 G – 0,26
TOTAL – 505 J 131 G – 0,26
The trio
Deyverson 124 J 25 G – 0,2
Borja 112 J 36 G – 0,32
Dudu 305 J 70 G – 0,22
TOTAL – 541 J 131 G – 0,24
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