Ceni’s prophecy comes true: São Paulo set to renew with starlet Rodriguinho | OneFootball

Midfielder has advanced talks to stay with Tricolor (Photo: Reproduction/Instagram)

MARCIO MONTEIRO

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"Rodriguinho is a player who will play for São Paulo. Listen to what I'm telling you. He is talented, a good player, a good kid, he has a future at São Paulo. A boy who I think has a bright future," were the 'prophecies' of idol Rogério Ceni while he was training Tricolor in 2022.

The Mito's vision in July of that year about a young revelation who was only 18 years old was perfect. Today, in his season with more games, 20 in total, for the professional, midfielder Rodriguinho is a reality at the club and one of the big bets for the future of Tricolor.

So much so that São Paulo has very advanced talks for contract renewal with the young player formed in Cotia, as initially reported by ESPN this Friday (5).

The 21-year-old has an agreement with Tricolor until December 2026, and negotiations now want to extend the contract until 2028 or 2029.

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Gaining more and more space with Hernán Crespo, and also benefited by the high number of injuries in the team, Rodriguinho is having his best year at the club, already with one goal and two assists, as well as great performances. With this, some other teams have already opened their eyes to the Tricolor gem.

Tricolor protects itself by offering a salary increase to the attacking midfielder, which consequently leads to an increase in the player's termination fines in case another club wants to hire him.

Still according to ESPN, Rodriguinho's current termination clauses are R$ 90 million for the national market and US$ 40 million (about R$ 216 million) for abroad.

The midfielder is managed by the agent Giuliano Bertolucci, who has a constant relationship with São Paulo, which has facilitated the negotiations, very close to being finalized for the player's continuity in the team.

Rodriguinho has always been a Tricolor. He arrived in Cotia in 2015 to defend the sub-11 team. He went through all the youth categories and started to attract attention. With the Brazilian U-15 team, he won the South American championship in 2019.

In 2022 he got his first opportunities in the top team, already with Rogério Ceni, and from this year he has fully established himself as an important piece of São Paulo.

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