Breaking! Cost ends São Paulo's Vardy talks: “Sense prevailed” | OneFootball

São Paulo backed away from talks to sign English striker Jamie Vardy, 39, who won the Premier League with Leicester 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 level below the salaries of starters such as Luciano and Calleri, the club’s board considered the demands too high given the institution’s current financial situation.

AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR revealed early this afternoon that the Vardy issue split São Paulo’s board. While departments such as football and marketing viewed signing the Englishman positively, allies of president Harry Massis were concerned about the spending at this moment (watch our video below).

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

Available on the market after a spell in Italian football, where he scored seven goals in 29 matches last season, Vardy would have arrived on a free transfer.

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

As AMT previously revealed, Vardy signaled interest in playing in Brazil and was willing to lower his salary demands. Tricolor, however, kept pushing for even better terms, 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 executives (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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