Encouraging move: Coritiba bid for Erick, São Paulo keen on the deal | OneFootball

After opening talks with Coritiba for the attacking midfielder Erick, São Paulo saw the Paraná club formalize a proposal for the player. And it was well received.

The offer of 1 million euros (about R$ 6.5 million at the current exchange rate) reportedly excited the Tricolor board, which was not pleased with the initial proposals from Vitória for the winger, a club where Erick played this season on loan. The information was initially reported by journalist Rogério Scarione from the Paraná press on Monday (22).

The report from AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR had already anticipated that after rejecting two attempts from Vitória, the Morumbi club opened talks to negotiate the 28-year-old winger permanently to Coritiba.

Erick has a contract with São Paulo only until the end of the 2026 season, and the club is now trying to sell the athlete before he can leave for free and earn some millions. Vitória still has financial issues with Tricolor, also related to the player himself, and is likely to lose the dispute to Coxa, which returned to the top tier of Brazilian football.

According to sources from the São Paulo football leadership heard by AMT, if Coritiba officially makes the proposal, the negotiation will proceed. Raising money is one of the priorities on the Morumbi side.

Erick joined São Paulo at the beginning of 2024. At that time, his contract with Ceará, where he was idolized, ended, allowing the negotiation to occur without the São Paulo team paying any fee to the Fortaleza (CE) team. The winger was recommended by Dorival Júnior, who worked with him in the Northeast.

At Morumbi, the player had ups and downs. He even caused some initial excitement but soon became a mere option on the bench, losing space to youth prospects like Henrique do Carmo, William Gomes, and Lucas Ferreira (all already negotiated by the board).

After this year's Paulista Championship, Erick was loaned to Vitória as a way to cut football expenses. He had already played for the Bahia club between 2018 and 2019. For the loan, the red-blacks paid Tricolor R$ 1 million, in addition to fully covering the salaries. In total, he scored five goals and provided eight assists in the 38 games he played in Bahia.

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