Fluminense eye Rafael Navarro for 2025, Rapids block transfer

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·20 January 2026

Fluminense eye Rafael Navarro for 2025, Rapids block transfer

In an appearance on the Charla Podcast, striker Rafael Navarro, currently with Colorado Rapids in the United States, revealed that he was approached by Fluminense during last year's mid-year transfer window. According to the player, the Tricolor showed interest in signing him, but negotiations did not progress because the American club refused to release him.

Navarro explained that the contact happened at a decisive moment in the MLS season, when Colorado was competing in the playoffs, which made his departure unfeasible. The striker also emphasized his personal desire to return to Brazilian football.

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“My wish was to return to Brazil now. Especially because I’m still young, I’m 25 years old, I’ve already spent two and a half years there, so you start to miss that butterflies-in-the-stomach feeling, that craziness that is Brazilian football. I was contacted by Fluminense in the middle of last season, but they turned it down. We were halfway through the season, in the playoffs, and they didn’t want to let me go,” said the striker.

For Colorado Rapids, Rafael Navarro played two full seasons, in 2024 and 2025, with impressive numbers: he scored 17 goals in one year and 15 in the other. In Brazilian football, the striker stood out wearing the Palmeiras shirt, where he scored 16 goals in the 2021 season, in addition to having previously played for Botafogo.

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