Fluminense turn down $10m Betis bid for Facundo Bernal | OneFootball

Fluminense has rejected a multi-million dollar offer from Betis, Spain, for midfielder Facundo Bernal. The offer, made just a few hours before the closing of the European transfer window, was around US$10 million (about R$52.6 million).

Although the amount was viewed favorably internally, the deal did not move forward due to a hurdle in the division of the player's economic rights. Defensor Sporting, from Uruguay, still owns 40% of Bernal's rights, and the parties could not reach an agreement on how to split the amount.

Betis has been monitoring the player since the middle of last season, but it was only in this window that they made an official offer to Tricolor. Without an agreement with the Uruguayan club, Fluminense's management decided to end the talks and continue counting on the midfielder for the rest of the season.

The information was reported by journalist César Luis Merlo, from UOL.

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