Sportingbet ‘to bankroll’ Vasco move for Richarlison as striker requests No. 10 shirt | OneFootball

Sportingbet is moving to help fund Vasco’s permanent bid for Richarlison, with the main sponsor set to underwrite a deal with Tottenham after FIFA blocked an international loan model, Atenção, Vascaínos! reports.

With the sponsor set to cover a large share of the fee, negotiations have progressed on sporting and emotional fronts, with the forward eager to play for his boyhood club. Richarlison has told the board he wants the club’s No. 10 shirt, a number synonymous with Roberto Dinamite.

The No. 10 has been vacant since February, when Philippe Coutinho tore up his contract citing mental exhaustion. The request signals the forward’s readiness to take centre stage at São Januário.

In London, he has pressed his case in two meetings with the Spurs hierarchy to secure immediate clearance to return to Brazilian football. Outside the plans of Roberto De Zerbi’s staff, he views Vasco as the right platform to rediscover the form that took him to a World Cup with Brazil.

With the sponsor acting as guarantor, president Pedrinho’s board can propose payments weighted towards the turn of next year. The club are now up against Brazil’s registration deadline, which closes on Friday 11.

Vasco are awaiting a final response from Tottenham on the financial structure tabled, confident that shared will and corporate backing can seal the most high-profile transfer of the domestic season.

Source: PaponaColina

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