Nino has a verbal agreement with Fluminense, says reporter | OneFootball

Information stirred the Tricolor fans on the evening of this Tuesday (9). According to reporter Lucas Ribeiro from O Globo, defender Nino has a verbal agreement with Fluminense to return to the club. Despite the verbal agreement, the Tricolor management denies that there is any deal or advanced negotiations at the moment. Currently at Zenit, in Russia, the 28-year-old defender wishes to return to Rio de Janeiro. The expectation is that the club will try to open negotiations with the Russians after the end of the Copa do Brasil and after Mattheus Montenegro takes office as president.

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Nino is spending his vacation in Rio and intends to rest before advancing in the details of the possible return. Family issues also influence his desire to return to the country: his son Antônio, who was born with Down syndrome, faces difficulties adapting to life in Russia. Fluminense had already tried to bring the defender back in the last transfer window. At the time, president Mário Bittencourt approached Zenit, with whom he maintains a good relationship, but the Russians refused the possibility of negotiating a player considered a starter. Nino left the Tricolor in 2023, after five seasons, and signed a contract until June 2028 with Zenit. The transfer cost 5 million euros (about R$ 27 million at the time's exchange rate). At Fluminense, the defender played 246 games, scored 13 goals, won two Carioca Championships, and was one of the pillars of the historic campaign for the 2023 Libertadores title. His last match for the club was on December 22, in the defeat to Manchester City in the Club World Cup final.

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