Done and dusted! Maik leaves São Paulo for Miranda's son's Slovak side | OneFootball

Right-back Maik is definitely changing his life. After proposing to his fiancée (she said yes), the São Paulo player already boarded a flight this Wednesday (2) to Slovakia, his new career destination.

With no room at São Paulo, the club moved forward with a loan deal for the player developed in Cotia to FK Dukla Banská, a club recently promoted back to Slovakia’s top division, according to initial information from UOL.

Deal details

The transfer contract will be valid until July 2027 and does not include a purchase option at the end of the deal. The player’s salary costs will be shared between Tricolor and the European team. His contract with São Paulo runs until the end of May 2028.

The deal ends a period of instability for the player at the Morumbi club. During coach Roger Machado’s spell in charge of Tricolor, Maik, 21, spent about a month training separately from the first-team squad due to unsatisfactory evaluations of his performances in daily training.

Maik posted an image while leaving at the airport (Photo: Reproduction/Instagram)

Reintegration and Dorival’s negative assessment

The young athlete’s path changed course after the arrival of coach Dorival Júnior and the subsequent departure of football executive Rui Costa. Reintegrated into the main group, the full-back went through a new observation period under the new coaching staff.

After analyzing the activities at the Training Center, the staff concluded that the player would have limited space to play regularly for the rest of the season. Given that assessment, São Paulo’s board informed Maik’s camp of the decision to seek a loan move in the transfer market.

At FK Dukla Banská, the right-back will find an environment with São Paulo connections. The Slovak club’s squad includes defender João Vitor Miranda, the eldest son of former São Paulo center-back and idol Miranda, who also came through the academy in Cotia.

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