Father confirms that Gabigol has ‘several proposals’ to leave Santos

  As players of Santos celebrated the Paulistão title on Monday night, father of young striker Gabigol took the opportunity to fulfill a promise on the lawn of the club’s Vila Belmiro stadium. Valdemír Silva had tears in his eyes, as he was on his knees, holding an image of Our Lady of Aparecida. The […]
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2016-05-09 18:17:00

 

As players of Santos celebrated the Paulistão title on Monday night, father of young striker Gabigol took the opportunity to fulfill a promise on the lawn of the club"s Vila Belmiro stadium.
Valdemír Silva had tears in his eyes, as he was on his knees, holding an image of Our Lady of Aparecida. The reason was not disclosed by him. When asked about the future of the striker at Vila Belmiro, Valdemír Silva said that his son has already received several proposals to leave, but did not reveal more details. He said: “He really has several proposals. We thought about leaving Santos well structured and give back all that Santos offered to Gabriel. If he has to leave now, he will leave Santos well structured. If not, he will [leave] in the next window or the other. But we want to walk out through the front door and also come back through the front door."
He added: “We cannot talk about proposals now because we are celebrating the Paulistão title. Leave it for later. Let"s see what will happen, but the intention of Gabriel is to stay at Santos."
Gabigol finished the tournament as top scorer of his team with seven goals. The striker"s contract with Santos is valid until September 30, 2019.

As players of Santos celebrated the Paulistão title on Monday night, father of young striker Gabigol took the opportunity to fulfill a promise on the lawn of the club"s Vila Belmiro stadium.

Valdemír Silva had tears in his eyes, as he was on his knees, holding an image of Our Lady of Aparecida. The reason was not disclosed by him. When asked about the future of the striker at Vila Belmiro, Valdemír Silva said that his son has already received several proposals to leave, but did not reveal more details. He said: “He really has several proposals. We thought about leaving Santos well structured and give back all that Santos offered to Gabriel. If he has to leave now, he will leave Santos well structured. If not, he will [leave] in the next window or the other. But we want to walk out through the front door and also come back through the front door."

He added: “We cannot talk about proposals now because we are celebrating the Paulistão title. Leave it for later. Let"s see what will happen, but the intention of Gabriel is to stay at Santos."

Gabigol finished the tournament as top scorer of his team with seven goals. The striker"s contract with Santos is valid until September 30, 2019.