Talks for Hulk and Savarino are over, says Fluminense president

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·16 January 2026

Talks for Hulk and Savarino are over, says Fluminense president

The new president of Fluminense, Mattheus Montenegro, confirmed that the negotiations for Hulk and Savarino are officially closed. According to the director, in a press conference on Friday morning, the focus of the Tricolor in the market is now on signing a center forward.

Fluminense attempted to sign Hulk, the Atlético-MG forward, but did not reach an agreement. Montenegro detailed the reasons that led to the end of the talks and explained that a demand made by the Minas Gerais club made the deal unfeasible.

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Regarding Hulk, we started negotiating at the end of December. We initiated a conversation with the player and, at the beginning of the week, Atlético made three demands. We accepted two of them, but we did not agree with the request to give Atlético a percentage of three players from our youth academy. We understood that this was not in the club's interest. We tried to move forward with a new proposal, but Atlético did not want to. The response was last night and today the negotiation is closed. If Atlético changes their mind, we will resume talks,” he stated.

In addition to Hulk, Fluminense also gave up on signing Savarino. The deal involved Botafogo, which would receive a sum of money and the midfielder Wallace Davi, trained in Xerém. According to Montenegro, the club reached an agreement with the Rio rival, but the negotiations did not progress with the player.

In the negotiation with Savarino, we made an offer to Botafogo. After some back and forth, Botafogo accepted. We started negotiating with the player, but in the middle of the process, some requests from the athlete and the representative emerged that we did not accept. Thus, the negotiation was also closed. We are handling everything with great caution,” he explained.

The president emphasized that Fluminense's priority in the market is signing a center forward.

It is a squad built over the years. We understand that some pieces may still arrive. Our main focus is signing a center forward. We have several names mapped out. Savarino appeared as a market opportunity. A winger was not our priority, but we evaluated that he could be a good addition to the group,” he said.

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