Palmeiras keen to keep Marcelo Lomba, offer made for contract extension | OneFootball

Palmeiras is keeping an eye on assembling its squad for 2026 and wants goalkeeper Marcelo Lomba to stay. The club has made a proposal to renew his contract for one more year and is now awaiting a response from his staff to make a final decision about the future of the 38-year-old player.

Marcelo Lomba has a contract with Palmeiras until December 31, 2025. The goalkeeper's last contract renewal was at the end of 2024. In recent years, the club has adopted a policy of renewing contracts of older athletes for just one more year.

The information was published by ge and confirmed by Gazeta Esportiva.

Lomba's Situation at Palmeiras

The goalkeeper is currently the third reserve at Palmeiras. Lomba was the immediate backup for Weverton until Carlos Miguel arrived in August this year. With Weverton's injury, Carlos Miguel became Abel Ferreira's first choice, leaving Lomba behind.

Even with less playing time, he is seen as an important figure in Palmeiras' locker room. This season, Marcelo Lomba played only six games, in situations where Abel Ferreira decided to field a reserve team, including in the 3-1 victory over Ceará in the last round of the Brasileirão.

The goalkeeper joined Palmeiras in 2022 and has since played 28 games. The year he joined was when he played the most: 11 times. With the club, he has won seven titles: three Paulista Championships (2022, 2023, and 2024), two Brazilian Championships (2022 and 2023), one Recopa Sudamericana (2022), and the Supercopa do Brasil (2023).

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