President of Palmeiras Leila Pereira commented on the words of the chairman of the board of directors of Zenit Alexandra Medvedeva that there was no agreement between the Brazilian and Russian clubs on the transfer of the midfielder Claude.
Earlier, Medvedev told ESPN that the St. Petersburg team was negotiating both with the Sao Paulo team and another representative of the Brazilian championship, as well as with a club from Qatar. As a result, the midfielder joined Al-Sadd, whose offer turned out to be the best for both the blue-whites and the footballer. Pereira said the following:
The president of Zenit is lying. Palmeiras has actually reached an agreement with the Russian club to buy Claudinho. So much so that Zenit sent us the player’s transfer document.
(Tuesday) afternoon, Zenit’s director of football himself (executive director Maxim Pogorelov) confirmed to us that everything is in order between the clubs. If Zenit or a player changes their mind, it’s normal. But what I don’t accept are lies.
