Benfica first, then Milan and Juve. The eyes of the big Europeans have settled only Kaio Jorge, A 19-year-old Brazilian from Santos and the Brazilian Under 19 team. The desire of the suitors is fueled by the contract expiring in December 2021. At least this is the line filtered so far, but from Santos they assure that the The Brazilian’s contract expires in 2023.
This is because Kaio Jorge signed at 16, and minors cannot sign a contract longer than 3 years. But Santos has made it known that the Brazilian football federation allows signing even 5-year contracts and FIFA, as revealed by the Brazilian club, “respects the decisions of the associations”: in this case the contract signed by the player in 2018 would expire in 2023.
He is sure of it Sergio Canozzi, Santos partner, who spoke to Sky Sport about Kaio Jorge’s contractual situation: “I am 68 years old, I have been working in football since I was 18. The club has always been central in the transfer market, we have raised the player and we have faced costs for its growth. The player has a contract with Santos until 2023, we talk to different clubs and we wait for offers to arrive ”.
Then he assures: “We don’t want to hinder the sale of Kaio Jorge, but we are waiting for proposals. Also in Italy we have Marcelo Galan who is making contacts. We are talking with Juve, I myself have had two contacts with Cherubini telling him that if he wants to talk to Santos he can do it with Marcelo who is in Italy. Benfica made an offer which was not accepted by the agent. It could have improved, but Benfica are having problems with what happened to the president and we preferred to work for Italy, where the player would like to go ”.
“I have not had contact with Milan – reveals Canozzi -, I don’t know if Marcelo had them, who has our authorization to deal in Italy and France. I know there is an interest from Monaco, we have no other concrete offers. We know that Kaio in Europe can be worth over 20/25 million euros. In a normal situation I would have already sold it for that amount, without an agent proposing weird things. At this time it is difficult to arrive at such a figure. An offer on 15 million would be considered “, conclude.
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