Arboleda's nightmare: indiscipline and debts put off suitors | OneFootball

The last few days have brought major headaches for center back Arboleda’s camp. Aware that a termination with São Paulo is inevitable and could be costly for the player (the Tricolor has already made it clear it does not intend to spend a single cent on the contract breach), the outlook is also bleak for his future. Initial talks with potential suitors for the Ecuadorian have been dropped because of his serious disciplinary issues and reports that he is facing severe financial problems, which would drive up any negotiations.

AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR has learned that at least three clubs spoke with Pepe Chamurro, Arboleda’s agent. But none of them wanted to move forward. The obvious explanation is that they are waiting for the outcome of his situation with São Paulo. But everyone knows the problem runs deeper.

LDU of Ecuador, Internacional, and Vasco were interested in the Ecuadorian’s football. But they quickly backed off after looking more closely into the situation and speaking with São Paulo.

Sources from São Paulo’s top brass told the report that LDU and Inter made initial contact asking about Arboleda. A rough proposal came from the club from Rio Grande do Sul, involving a swap for defensive midfielder Thiago Maia. But they soon backed away after hearing about the disciplinary incidents and the way the center back is paid.

During his most recent contract renewal, worried about the defender’s debts, São Paulo decided to take on the Ecuadorian’s outstanding liabilities of R$ 7 million with former agents, unpaid rent, car-related debts, among others.

That money, which would have been paid to Arboleda as a signing bonus, ended up being passed on by the Tricolor to the defender’s creditors. Even so, he began earning R$ 700,000 per month, with another R$ 1.5 million spread out over the course of the new deal, which runs until December 2027.

But the club was informed that new debts have emerged. His former lawyer, for example, managed to freeze the player’s bank accounts and his Porsche. Other lawsuits have also surfaced.

In other words, to put it plainly, signing Arboleda means having to take on these legal expenses. Especially because if a unilateral termination for job abandonment happens, São Paulo will no longer act as guarantor for the defender.

In Vasco’s case, the initial contact was for a loan until the end of the year with a fixed purchase option at the end. The Tricolor turned it down. Arboleda’s camp then approached Vasco’s camp, but it seems discipline was a factor, and not even Renato Gaúcho, famous for liking to work with “bad boys” (the Rio club, for example, is closing in on Corinthians’ Martínez, who also went AWOL from their rival earlier this year), wants to work with the Ecuadorian.

Arboleda has not shown up at São Paulo since Saturday (4). At the start of the week, the 34-year-old player, the longest-serving member of the squad and the one with the most appearances in the current roster, called Rafinha and promised to report back to discuss the termination of his contract, which did not happen. The Tricolor considers that it was not an official communication and, therefore, the 24-hour deadline given to the defender expired, characterizing job abandonment and opening the door to dismissal for just cause.

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