Couldn't hold back! Victor Sá on São Paulo family dream | OneFootball

Forward Victor Sá was officially introduced this Tuesday (21) at CT da Barra Funda as Tricolor’s newest signing. The player, who was a free agent after the end of the European season, joins Tricolor on a contract that runs until December 31, 2029.

With his whole family supporting São Paulo, the new winger could not hold back his emotions during the press conference when speaking about the importance of his relatives, especially his brother, who was present at the venue.

“Honestly, ever since I was little, my father has been a die-hard São Paulo supporter. Unfortunately, he couldn’t be here today because of some personal issues, and that makes me very sad because I know today is a very special moment for him.”

“So ever since I was a kid, I grew up coming to Morumbi, getting to watch São Paulo, with my father teaching me things. Of course, as you become a professional, you lose a bit of touch with the club, but in my family, at home, this was always something very motivational. So when the opportunity came up, my father talked to me, and we — especially him — cried a lot because of the opportunity to be here.”

“I remember moments when I was here at Morumbi watching games, so the first time I came in here at the training center, it all comes flooding back, how hard it was to be here, how painful it was, how much my brother, especially, did for me to be here. So I have to thank God so much for this opportunity and truly give my best for São Paulo, because that’s the only way I can show my gratitude to the club,” Victor Sá said, his voice choked with emotion.

When asked about his close relationship with his brother, the new Tricolor signing preferred not to go on too long so he would not turn it into a “sob story,” as he joked, but he praised the person who always believed in him at every moment.

“It’s even hard to talk about. I don’t want to go on too long about my brother because I don’t want to turn this into a sob story, but it goes without saying, he’s a guy who believed in my career more than I did, and in moments when I had no strength, he was there with me,” Sá revealed.

“So being here is… (pause to breathe) really hard to believe sometimes, because we go through certain things in life, and knowing that your family is by your side, that they do things for you, I’m truly just grateful to him, my father, my mother, my grandmother who passed away, all my teammates — I really just have to thank my brother so much,” the forward added.

To wrap up the presentation press conference, Victor Sá recalled the moment when he told his father that he might sign with São Paulo and revealed that it had once seemed far too distant a dream to imagine it would ever come true.

“It’s nice because it’s something so far away. When you’re little, you don’t imagine you’ll go through a situation like this — it feels so distant. So many people dream of playing here at this club.”

“It even sounds strange to say it wasn’t my dream. It wasn’t my dream because it was something so far away from me, so sometimes it’s hard to have a dream that big, and then when it starts becoming reality, when it starts sinking in...”

“Then he went over to my house, and when we made the decision together — I made the decision with my brother and with him — we talked a lot and decided on this together, and it’s very rewarding. I just have to thank God so much for allowing me to make this happen and, above all, for being able to make my father very proud,” the player concluded.

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