Victor Sá the big boost as São Paulo return to training at the CT | OneFootball

São Paulo return to training this Wednesday (17) after two weeks off granted to the squad due to the calendar stoppage for the World Cup. And the squad’s return to the Barra Funda training center should bring big news for coach Dorival Júnior: winger Victor Sá.

The only signing made so far by Tricolor in the current transfer window, the 32-year-old player agreed to a three-and-a-half-year contract and underwent medical examinations on Tuesday night (16) at a hospital in the south of São Paulo.

Sá is expected to sign his deal with Tricolor at the training center and immediately begin training with his new teammates and Dorival. The club, however, is expected to ‘hide him’ from photos and footage because it needs to wait for his contract with Russia’s Krasnodar to expire at the end of the month before officially announcing him.

The signing meets a request from Dorival, who had been asking for reinforcements in the attacking sector during the midseason break. The coaching staff viewed the wide areas as one of the budgetary and tactical priorities for the rest of the year.

The rest of the squad comes back without any major news aside from the academy boys, who kept working in Cotia and now return to Barra Funda, especially Ryan Francisco, who now returns for good as a first-team player.

The midseason period is internally seen as a crucial factor. In addition to making Victor Sá’s technical and physical adaptation to Dorival’s playing style possible, the coaching staff will use the coming weeks to help injured players recover and to make tactical adjustments to the squad. The board is expected to announce at least two friendlies before matches resume on July 22, against Athletico-PR, in the Brazilian Championship.

New additions to the squad are still being evaluated by the club before the window closes. A center-back and a holding midfielder are the priorities requested by the coaching staff.

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