Roger, take note: São Paulo tie down Cotia talent, eye step up | OneFootball

After a few weeks of negotiations, São Paulo has agreed to a contract renewal with center-back Isac, one of the standout players of the club’s under-20 team in Cotia.

The club signed a new deal with the defender running through 2030, along with an astronomical release clause to fend off the strong European interest the São Paulo player has been receiving in recent months. For foreign clubs, it has been set at 100 million euros (R$ 595 million at the current exchange rate). In the domestic market, the clause is R$ 80 million.

Isac’s previous contract was valid until 2027, with a domestic release clause of R$ 25 million. As he received a generous raise in the renewal, the release figures also skyrocketed. AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR had already reported in March that São Paulo was already considering integrating Isac into the first-team squad at Barra Funda, now that the bureaucratic issues have been resolved.

Even more so now that the club has lost Arboleda, with whom it intends to terminate the contract after the senseless attitude of the Ecuadorian defender, who disappeared without informing anyone. Isac, who has nothing to do with that situation, could seize the opportunity in Roger Machado’s team.

The young defender is seen as a “modern” center-back, with good ball distribution, strong reading of the game, and consistently solid marking, without neglecting his main defensive duties.

Isac drew attention by forming a strong center-back partnership with Osório in this 2026 Copinha, during São Paulo’s runner-up campaign. That was when he began attracting interest from European clubs, who always keep a close eye on Brazil’s traditional youth tournament. He also showed his offensive strength. The big center-back scored three goals in the Copinha, one of them in the 2-1 defeat to Cruzeiro in the final.

Isac Silvestre da Silva is 19 years old, turns 20 in April, and is from the city of Brejo Santo, in Ceará. He came through the youth ranks of Sport and Bragantino before joining Tricolor in 2025, when he quickly began to stand out for the under-20 team.

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