Breaking! Cost ends São Paulo’s Vardy talks: “Common sense won” | OneFootball

São Paulo has backed away from talks to sign English striker Jamie Vardy, 39, the Leicester player who won the Premier League in 2016.

Although the total value of the deal — including wages, signing bonus, and commissions — was around €150,000 per month (approximately R$900,000), a figure lower than the salaries of starters such as Luciano and Calleri, the club’s board considered the demands too high for the institution’s current financial situation.

AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR revealed early this afternoon that the Vardy issue caused a split within São Paulo’s board. While sectors such as football and marketing saw the signing of the Englishman as a positive move, allies of president Harry Massis were concerned about the expense at this moment (watch our video below).

A meeting held at Morumbi during the day sealed the club’s decision to abandon the negotiations. “Common sense prevailed,” said a source heard by the report.

Available on the market after a spell in Italian football, where he scored seven goals in 29 matches last season, Vardy would have arrived with no transfer fee.

The center-forward enjoyed the peak of his career at Leicester, the club he played for between 2012 and 2025 and for which he scored 24 goals in the emblematic 2015/16 English title-winning campaign. He played in the 2018 World Cup for the European country.

As AMT revealed, Vardy signaled interest in playing in Brazil and was willing to lower his salary demands. Tricolor, however, kept pushing further in the negotiations, wanting him to waive the signing bonus and sign only a short-term contract through the end of the year.

The player’s profile appealed to the club’s directors (especially Rafinha) because of his energetic attitude and leadership, traits seen as necessary to motivate the squad in the final stretch of the season.

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