Another window passes, Pablo Maia stays at São Paulo | OneFootball

The São Paulo board was informed by Pablo Maia’s staff that there will not be any offers for the midfielder’s transfer in this window, especially from European football.

No, Pablo Maia is not considered expendable by Hernán Crespo’s coaching staff or the club’s management. Far from it.

However, there was indeed a possibility that Tricolor could earn valuable euros through a deal involving their number 29. For a club in financial crisis and in need of cash flow, there’s no way around it: selling assets is the tool that best improves the economic outlook.

Well then, the ‘soap opera’ this time (if we can even use that term, since no expectations had been created internally), was regarding a potential offer from Turkish football. The club’s name had been kept secret, but the portal ‘UOL‘ revealed that it was Besiktas (yes, the same ones interested in Ferreirinha) who came closest to the Tricolor player.

The team had been monitoring the midfielder and was considering making a formal offer, but decided to end negotiations at this time. Besiktas evaluated the sporting context, financial situation, and the conditions set by São Paulo and decided not to move forward with an official bid.

This is yet another frustrated European proposal for Maia. In 2022, as soon as he was promoted to the senior team, the player saw São Paulo reject an offer of 8 million euros (almost R$ 50 million) from Fulham, England. Tricolor’s plan was to get the much-desired ‘double digits’ (that is, above ten).

The following year, Maia was approached by Betis, from Spain. São Paulo responded positively to the offer of almost 12 million euros (approximately R$ 74.3 million), taking advantage of the increased value that came with his starting role in much of the victorious Copa do Brasil campaign and also his call-ups to the Brazilian National Team. But the player suffered a serious injury and had to undergo surgery.

Since then, the need to recover and regain a run of games has cooled the interest from the Old Continent. The transfer windows for the main European leagues close this Friday (6th), which practically ends Maia’s chances of fulfilling his dream. In December, the player was even involved in a negotiation with Botafogo that did not move forward.

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