Frustration with Marcos Leonardo sparks São Paulo witch hunt for mole | OneFootball

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RAFAEL EMILIANO@rafaelemilianoo

The day after the frustration over the failed negotiations to sign Marcos Leonardo was supposed to be a time for São Paulo to find new meaning. But the truth is, the atmosphere was more like a witch hunt.

The reason is quite simple: a significant portion of the board members who support president Julio Casares and influential club members bought into the idea that the deal with the striker fell through because the information was leaked beforehand. An idea that was spread by Henrique Gomes, known as Baby, the main leader of the Torcida Independente.

AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR heard from at least four different sources throughout this Wednesday (3rd) that the Saudis did not like at all finding out from the Brazilian press that Marcos Leonardo had already reached a verbal agreement with the Morumbi club.

"They felt offended. They were put off. Things should have been handled with the utmost secrecy. What we saw instead was a rush to update the press on everything that was happening," said one of the sources consulted by the report.

Because of this, the main topic behind the scenes was to hunt down the 'x-9', investigate who had been leaking information, and demand the head of the responsible party from the president. A bit of an exaggeration, we might say...

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