Santos officially announce Everton Cebolinha signing, ex-Flamengo | OneFootball

Everton Cebolinha was under contract with Flamengo until the end of this year

Santos announced this Wednesday (09) the signing of Everton Cebolinha, who will no longer play for Flamengo. That is because the forward will be under contract with Neymar’s team until the end of this year.

Has Flamengo already said goodbye to Cebolinha as well?

How was Cebolinha’s departure handled behind the scenes?

Football director José Boto had already commented on the forward’s situation before the official announcement. Therefore, the executive said that Cebolinha “removed himself” from Flamengo by deciding not to renew the contract, which would expire at the end of 2026.

– From that moment on, we made him available so that he could move on with his life as quickly as possible. Without creating any obstacle or any problem. On Monday, after the Remo match, he asked to go to Rio because there were one or two clubs interested -, declared the Portuguese executive, who added:

– He knows the conditions we set, if they are clubs from Brazil. We are waiting. We have some information, but we are waiting for the final contracts so we can say whether he is going to that club. During this process, there were two or three clubs interested, and we did not create any problem -, said José Boto.

Were there other offers for Cebolinha before the deal with Santos?

Cebolinha was close to joining Krasnodar (RUS) in this same transfer window. Thus, negotiations had progressed significantly before the deal suddenly “fell through.” That was because president Sergey Galitsky halted the talks and instructed the board not to proceed with the agreement for the forward.

In this way, the Russian interest ran into a direct decision from the club’s top leadership, which opened the door for Santos’ offer to move forward. It is speculated that Neymar Jr. played a role in bringing Cebolinha to the São Paulo club.

When did Cebolinha arrive at Flamengo and what were the forward’s numbers?

Flamengo announced the signing of Everton Cebolinha in June 2022. Therefore, the club paid around 14 million euros, or R$ 88 million at the exchange rate at the time, to Benfica (POR).

Even so, the initial investment ended up being spread over four seasons under contract. Since then, the forward has totaled 192 matches, 21 goals and 25 assists in the Mengão shirt. Thus, Cebolinha ends his spell with the Rubro-Negro with significant numbers, in addition to the titles highlighted in the club’s farewell post.

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