President of Palmeiras Leila Pereira spoke to a source about the failed transfer of the midfielder from Zenit Claude.
We reached an agreement with Zenit and Claudinho accepted our offer. I myself spoke on the phone with a player who promised twice that he would move to Palmeiras. He told me he didn’t want to play in Qatar.
In the last few hours, while we were exchanging contract plans with Zenit, the player’s representative called us unexpectedly and told us that the plans had changed.
We made a great offer, so good that the player accepted it. But that’s football. No player is more important than Palmeiras Sports Society. We continue to search the market for players who can strengthen our team.
