Palmeiras vice coy on signings, says club won’t rest in market | OneFootball

The transfer window in the Brazilian market closes next Monday, March 2. Thus, clubs are living their final days to finalize negotiations, whether new or ongoing. Palmeiras, for example, after securing the arrivals of Marlon Freitas and Jhon Arias, is still trying to sign a defender, with Nino from Zenit as the top priority.

However, during talks with the Russian club, Verdão ran into a refusal from their counterpart to release Nino in this window. Palmeiras, though, maintained contact with the Europeans and has not thrown in the towel. Vice-president of Palmeiras, Paulo Buosi revealed that there is nothing concrete yet involving Nino or any other player, and said he is satisfied with the squad.

“What I can say is that Palmeiras has made every possible effort to ensure we have the best squad. We now have the arrival of John Arias, who will certainly add a lot, just like all the other players who have joined. I can't give you any information about any future situation, but we are very happy, very satisfied,” he said.

“I'm sure that not only I, but the entire fanbase is happy to have a top-level squad for all the championships we have ahead, for the challenging year we have ahead. This is President Leila's effort, it's Anderson Barros' effort, it's our effort to have the best squad available to Abel, to the coaching staff, so that we can achieve all our goals,” he continued.

Squad finalized?

Despite being satisfied with the current squad, which has 26 players, Paulo Buosi did not guarantee that the squad is “finalized” and stated that the club remains alert in the market. If they do not sign anyone in this window, they will have another opportunity in the middle of the year to strengthen the squad.

“No (it's not finalized). I say that we are satisfied because of what we have, but we don't rest. The president never tires of doing the best for Palmeiras, of having the best Palmeiras, but we can't promise something that we don't have concrete. That's what I wanted to tell you. It's not finalized, but we don't talk about hypotheticals, we always work with concrete things and the concrete thing today is this squad that we have, and it's the squad that brings us a lot of joy, gives us a lot of satisfaction, this level of squad that we have,” he declared.

Upcoming Palmeiras matches

Match: Palmeiras vs Fluminense Competition: Campeonato Brasileiro (4th round) Date and time: February 25, 2026 (Wednesday), at 9:30 PM (Brasília time) Venue: Arena Crefisa Barueri

Match: Palmeiras vs São Paulo Competition: Campeonato Paulista (Semifinal) Date and time: March 1, 2026 (Sunday), at 8:30 PM (Brasília time) Venue: Arena Crefisa Barueri

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