Alexandre Pato and his representatives have less than a month to convince some European club to spend at least €15 million to sign him, or else, must return to Corinthians and present himself for pre-season.
As mentioned in Globo Esporte, there are no proposals to date, and the attacker has warned his club and representative that he will not accept offers from Asia and the Middle East. Along with his manager Gilmar Veloz, the player traveled to Europe on December 8 to meet Kia Joorabchian – the Iranian agent who’s authorized by the club to search for proposals in Europe. Pato has told people close to him that he doesn’t want to play again for Corinthians, as he believes the supporters would create a hostile climate for him, and is also unsure about a good reception from his teammates. There are still disagreements with some players of the team following Pato’s awful miss in a penalty-shootout against Grêmio in 2013. Paolo Guerrero and Emerson Sheik were both left dissatisfied and are no longer at the club.
Kia is still trying to find a European club for Pato, preferably in England, and have already talked to Liverpool, among other clubs. A deal with the Merseyside club has been discarded. Spanish media thinks Barcelona will make a January bid for the 26-year-old. After signing Luís Fabiano and Jádson, Chinese second-division side Tianjin Songjiang, coached by Vanderlei Luxemburgo, have showed interested in Pato, but the player didn’t want to listen to offers from Asia.
Alexandre Pato and his representatives have less than a month to convince some European club to spend at least €15 million to sign him, or else, must return to Corinthians and present himself for pre-season.
As mentioned in Globo Esporte, there are no proposals to date, and the attacker has warned his club and representative that he will not accept offers from Asia and the Middle East. Along with his manager Gilmar Veloz, the player traveled to Europe on December 8 to meet Kia Joorabchian – the Iranian agent who’s authorized by the club to search for proposals in Europe. Pato has told people close to him that he doesn’t want to play again for Corinthians, as he believes the supporters would create a hostile climate for him, and is also unsure about a good reception from his teammates. There are still disagreements with some players of the team following Pato’s awful miss in a penalty-shootout against Grêmio in 2013. Paolo Guerrero and Emerson Sheik were both left dissatisfied and are no longer at the club.
Kia is still trying to find a European club for Pato, preferably in England, and have already talked to Liverpool, among other clubs. A deal with the Merseyside club has been discarded. Spanish media thinks Barcelona will make a January bid for the 26-year-old. After signing Luís Fabiano and Jádson, Chinese second-division side Tianjin Songjiang, coached by Vanderlei Luxemburgo, have showed interested in Pato, but the player didn’t want to listen to offers from Asia.
