Bahia to keep Nestor, but want to haggle over fee with São Paulo | OneFootball

Bahia has decided to make the permanent purchase of midfielder Rodrigo Nestor, a revelation from Cotia who is on loan to the northeastern club until the end of this year.

Is everything set for the deal to be closed? Well, almost. As AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR has learned, the people from Bahia want to sit down with São Paulo to negotiate the agreed value in the player's transfer contract.

The clause for Bahia to buy Nestor permanently is 4.5 million euros (approximately R$ 28.1 million). But the City Group, owner of their SAF, has already informed the tricolor directors that they have a plan to use an outstanding debt from São Paulo to reduce the amount.

Actually, it’s not exactly a debt, in the full sense of the word. But rather the installments that are still outstanding, related to São Paulo's definitive acquisition of defender Ferraresi.

The Venezuelan was loaned by the Arab conglomerate to Tricolor in 2022. With approved performance, he ended up being permanently bought by the Morumbi club the following year.

At the time, São Paulo announced that the negotiation was closed at 4.3 million euros (about R$ 26.9 million), to be paid in three years. According to the financial statement regarding last year's accounts, there was still a little over R$ 20 million left for Tricolor to settle the pending amount.

Sources from São Paulo's football leadership see the arrangement favorably, as it would help alleviate last year's heavy accounts, although they emphasize that there has been no official proposal from Bahia so far.

Nestor was loaned to Bahia at the beginning of the year at a cost of 1.5 million euros (R$ 9.4 million), in addition to full salaries. The 25-year-old player, according to the press in Salvador (BA), has already opened talks to agree on a permanent contract with them. There, he became a key player in coach Rogério Ceni's scheme, scoring seven goals and providing six assists in 44 games.

On our side, after going through moments of instability and being considered ‘negotiable’, Ferraresi consolidated himself, even due to being untouchable in his country's national team. This season, he even played as a right-back. He has a contract with Tricolor until the end of 2027.

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