When everything seemed to indicate that Felipe Anderson had his arrival at Juventus in Turin on track, the Brazilian club Palmeiras announced, to everyone’s surprise, that the Brazilian international with an illustrious career in Serie A would be their flagship reinforcement for the middle of the year.
The 31-year-old footballer, who was ending his contract with Lazio and would not renew it, already had a formal proposal from Juve in hand, but the renowned journalist Fabrizio Romano declared himself as one of the possible culprits of his frustrated arrival at the Turin team and the trigger for his signing by Palmeiras: “His family didn’t like the rumors we commented on in the last few weeks…”
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The report by Fabrizio Romano upset his environment
With a video posted on the SOS Fanta account, an Italian media outlet in which Fabrizio Romano collaborates, Romano dissects how Felipe Anderson’s arrival at Palmeiras was finalized and assigns himself a percentage of the blame for his frustrated arrival at Juventus.
“Felipe Anderson, surprisingly, leaves Lazio as expected. He will not renew his contract and officially confirms his signing for Palmeiras. A lightning operation closed by the Brazilian club, which is looking for a replacement for Endrick, who will be a new player for Real Madrid in July,” the Italian explains.
“In a surprising blow and after the great tensions between Juventus and Felipe Anderson, his agent and especially his family, who are very close to the player and always look after his interests. His family didn’t like the rumors we commented on in the last few weeks.”
“Juventus was on the verge of signing Felipe Anderson, but we know that anything can happen until everything is signed, but the truth is that Felipe was close to Juventus. He received a formal offer, a three-year contract, everything was almost closed, but some contract details still needed to be sorted out (…).”
“However, the operation fell through after the news we commented on (on April 8, when Romano assured that the operation was one signature away from closing), which were not appreciated, especially by those very close to Felipe Anderson, who then decided to sign for Palmeiras,” concluded the renowned journalist.
Felipe Anderson wanted to finalize his arrival at Juventus with absolute secrecy
According to Romano, Felipe Anderson wanted to finalize his arrival at the Turin team with absolute secrecy, possibly out of respect for Lazio, the club where he showed his best level and became an idol and reference.
The rumors started by Fabrizio Romano did not please either the player or the family, thus prompting the start of conversations with Palmeiras, which were fruitful and ended with the official confirmation of his arrival at the team led by Abel Ferreira.
“Juventus was very close to signing Felipe Anderson, who instead decided to respond in this way to the news we told them, which was not liked by those very close to Felipe, as his signature was still pending and he hoped to do everything with great secrecy.”
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