Peruvian attacking midfielder Christian Cueva has scored seven goals in 22 games for São Paulo, and two of them were against Corinthians.
The signing of Christian Cueva was controversial in São Paulo, as then director of football Luiz Cunha had resigned from the post after not agreeing with the R$ 8 million investment made in early June. Five months later, the attacking midfielder has become a major player of São Paulo and is already worth at least three times more, according to the club. The assessment is from São Paulo itself, based on the player"s performances for the club and also for the Peruvian national team. He played a key role in the 4-1 victory over Paraguay on Thursday at Asunción, in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. Cueva"s spell is so good that the Peruvian press reported the interest of French champions Paris Saint-Germain in signing him for 2017. According to the information from Brazilian journalist Jorge Nicola, the board of São Paulo have assured that there was not even an enquiry for Cueva, who is the joint top-scorer of the team in the Brasileirao with seven goals; Argentine forward Andrés Chávez also has seven goals.
And if any club is interested in the Peruvian, they would have to pay at least R$ 24 million [€6.5 million] to get him out of Morumbi. Cueva was signed by Gustavo Vieira de Oliveira, then executive director of football. The decision to sign Cueva, who played in Mexico, seemed odd at that time, especially since he couldn"t defend São Paulo in the final stretch of the Libertadores, as he had already played for Toluca in the group stage.
Peruvian attacking midfielder Christian Cueva has scored seven goals in 22 games for São Paulo, and two of them were against Corinthians.
The signing of Christian Cueva was controversial in São Paulo, as then director of football Luiz Cunha had resigned from the post after not agreeing with the R$ 8 million investment made in early June. Five months later, the attacking midfielder has become a major player of São Paulo and is already worth at least three times more, according to the club. The assessment is from São Paulo itself, based on the player"s performances for the club and also for the Peruvian national team. He played a key role in the 4-1 victory over Paraguay on Thursday at Asunción, in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. Cueva"s spell is so good that the Peruvian press reported the interest of French champions Paris Saint-Germain in signing him for 2017. According to the information from Brazilian journalist Jorge Nicola, the board of São Paulo have assured that there was not even an enquiry for Cueva, who is the joint top-scorer of the team in the Brasileirao with seven goals; Argentine forward Andrés Chávez also has seven goals.
And if any club is interested in the Peruvian, they would have to pay at least R$ 24 million [€6.5 million] to get him out of Morumbi. Cueva was signed by Gustavo Vieira de Oliveira, then executive director of football. The decision to sign Cueva, who played in Mexico, seemed odd at that time, especially since he couldn"t defend São Paulo in the final stretch of the Libertadores, as he had already played for Toluca in the group stage.
