Fluminense in talks to re-sign Nino after Mattheus Montenegro’s election | OneFootball

With Mattheus Montenegro's victory on Saturday (29), Fluminense begins to outline the first steps of the planning for 2026. One of the main targets of the new management is the repatriation of Nino, the Zenit defender and captain of the 2023 Conmebol Libertadores title. According to a report by ge, the club has already reopened talks with the defender, who has expressed a desire to return to Laranjeiras. The operation, however, directly depends on negotiations with Zenit, which still needs to show willingness to release the player.

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The tendency is for the negotiations to gain momentum now, after the end of the election that kept the incumbent candidate in charge of the club. Fluminense's strategy is to build an agreement with the Russian team using the defender's own desire to wear the tricolor jersey again as leverage. In the last transfer window, Fluminense attempted to bring Nino back but was hindered by Zenit's lack of interest in opening negotiations. Now, the club hopes to have a more favorable scenario in the pursuit of its former captain.

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