The Vasco board continues to move behind the scenes of the transfer market, looking for reinforcements to qualify coach Maurício Barbieri’s squad for the 2023 season. Argentine attacking midfielder Luca Orellano and there’s another gringo on the radar.
The 22-year-old player, from Vélez Sarsfield, will cost up to 6 million dollars up to 85% of the economic rights and will sign a contract valid until 2026. In addition to Luca Orellano, another athlete from the Argentine championship is of interest to Vasco for the next year comes. This is the defender Manuel Capasso, 26, of Atlético Tucumán.
According to the press in the neighboring country, Gigante da Colina has already made a formal proposal to try to sign the defender, who is 1.88 tall. Clube Carioca’s intention would be to close a loan deal with an option to purchase 80% of the rights. The offer, however, would have been rejected by the Argentines.
The possibility of success, however, is not excluded. In an interview with the “Attention, Vascaínos” channel on YouTube, Atlético Tucumán’s vice-president of football, Miguel Abbondadolo, opened up about the situation. “Yes, he had conversations with Vasco. These are the first conversations we’ve had. We’re still in contact,” he began.
“It’s an atypical week because of the celebrations (Christmas and New Year’s). It’s always very important for us that an important club like Vasco Gama observes one of our players. Let’s see how the conversations go and see how the week ends,” he said. added Abbandadolo. In 2022, Manuel Capasso played 30 games for Tucumán and scored one goal.
