Couldn't hold back! Victor Sá on brother, São Paulo family: “Far-off dream” | OneFootball

Forward Victor Sá was officially introduced this Tuesday (21) at Barra Funda Training Center as the Tricolor’s newest signing. The player, who was a free agent after the end of the European season, joins Tricolor on a contract running until December 31, 2029.

With his whole family supporting São Paulo, the new winger could not hold back his emotion during the press conference when speaking about the importance of his relatives, especially his brother, who was present at the venue.

“Ever since I was little, my father has been a die-hard São Paulo supporter. Unfortunately, he couldn’t be here today because of some personal issues, and that makes me very sad because I know today is a very special moment for him.”

“So ever since I was young, I grew up coming to Morumbi, being able to watch São Paulo, with my father teaching me things. Of course, as you become a professional, you end up losing a bit of contact with the club, but within my family, at home, this was always something very motivating. So when the opportunity came up, my father talked to me, and we—especially him—cried a lot over the opportunity to be here.”

“I remember some moments when I was here at Morumbi watching, so the first time I came in here at the training center, it brings back a whole film in our minds—how hard it was to be here, how painful it was, how much my brother, especially, did for me to be here. So I just have to thank God so much for this opportunity and truly give my best for São Paulo, because that’s the only way I can show my gratitude to the club,” Victor Sá said, his voice choked with emotion.

When asked about his close relationship with his brother, the Tricolor signing preferred not to go on too long so he would not turn it into a “sob story,” as he joked, but praised the one who always believed in him at every moment.

“It’s even hard—I don’t want to go on too long about my brother because I don’t want to turn this into a sob story, but it goes without saying, he’s a guy who believed in my career far more than I did, who was there with me in moments when I had no strength,” Sá revealed.

“So being here is… (pause to breathe) really hard to believe sometimes, because we go through certain things in life, and knowing that your family is by your side, that they do things for you—it’s really just gratitude to him, my father, my mother, my grandmother who passed away, all my companions. I just have to thank my brother so much,” the forward added.

To close the presentation press conference, Victor Sá recalled the moment when he told his father that he could sign with São Paulo and revealed that it had seemed far too distant a dream to ever imagine it would come true one day.

“It’s nice because it felt like something so far away. When you’re little, you don’t imagine you’ll end up in a situation like this—it feels very distant. So many people dream of playing here at this club.”

“It even sounds strange to say it wasn’t my dream. It wasn’t my dream because it felt like something so distant to me, so sometimes it’s hard to have a dream that big, and then when it starts becoming reality, when it starts sinking in...”

“And then he came over to my house. When we made the decision together—I made the decision with my brother and with him—we talked a lot and decided this together. It’s very rewarding, and I just have to thank God so much for allowing me to make this happen and, above all, to make my father very proud,” the player concluded.

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