🤨 Before sales ban, Textor was negotiating Botafogo’s first-choice duo | OneFootball

Before being halted by a court injunction from the Rio de Janeiro Justice this Thursday (29), John Textor was conducting advanced negotiations to sell two key players from Botafogo to Nottingham Forest, England.

The American businessman, owner of the Alvinegro's SAF, was directly dealing with Evangelos Marinakis, owner of the English club, for the transfer of midfielder Danilo (24 years old) and the young Montoro (18 years old), with the intention of closing the deal by the weekend.

The operation would involve high figures, but little immediate cash return due to past debts.

Danilo would be negotiated for 19 million euros and Montoro for 14 million euros, totaling 33 million euros.

However, since Botafogo owes 20 million euros to Forest for the purchase of Danilo himself in 2025, the real profit from the transaction would be only 14 million euros – approximately R$ 86.8 million.

The deal was racing against time, as the transfer window in England closes next Monday (2).

The attempt to sell further exposed the internal split in the SAF management. Textor conducted the talks in isolation, causing irritation to CEO Thairo Arruda and director Alessandro Brito, who were against the departure of the team's key players under Martín Anselmi.

Now, with the court decision prohibiting Textor from selling club assets until providing clarifications, the negotiation is on hold.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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