Flamengo make big-money move for Internacional’s Vitão, say media | OneFootball

Flamengo will seek a center-back in the market for 2026

One of Flamengo's priorities in the market is the center-back position. For this reason, the Rubro-Negro dreams of signing Vitão, from Internacional. According to Band from Rio Grande do Sul, the Most Beloved sent an offer of 9 million euros (R$ 56 million).

This amount would include forgiving Internacional's debt for Thiago Maia. However, still according to Band RS, the club from Rio Grande do Sul will not accept the proposal. The Porto Alegre team will only agree to the 9 million euros ‘upfront’ plus the ‘forgiveness for the default on the midfielder’.

At the beginning of 2024, Internacional signed Thiago Maia from Flamengo for 4 million euros (R$ 21.6 million at the time) for 50% of the player's economic rights. However, the club from Rio Grande do Sul did not pay a single real for the transaction. As a result, Rubro-Negro even formalized the charge with the National Dispute Resolution Commission (CNRD) of the CBF, but did not receive payment.

IS VITÃO A LONGTIME TARGET FOR FLAMENGO?

In January of this year, Flamengo tried to sign Vitão. The club's football director, José Boto, was one of those responsible for taking the defender to Europe when he worked as chief scout for Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR). However, Internacional did not accept the offers from Flamengo.

WHY IS THE DEFENSE A PRIORITY?

Currently, Filipe Luís has three center-backs: Danilo, Léo Ortiz, and Léo Pereira. The hero of Flamengo’s fourth Libertadores title suffered injuries during the season and was sidelined at times. Meanwhile, the ‘Léos’ have increased in value and are being targeted by European clubs. Flamengo does not intend to part with the players, but will have to resist the offers.

Therefore, Flamengo wants to have Vitão. However, the fact that Internacional remained in the first division of the Brasileirão is another obstacle for José Boto to try to overcome in negotiations for the defender, who turns 26 at the beginning of February.

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