Winger linked with Sporting could be heading to Corinthians for just €500k | OneFootball

Kaio César, a 21-year-old winger currently playing for Al-Hilal, may be close to becoming a new signing for Corinthians. The player was previously on Sporting’s radar during this transfer window and is now expected to return to Brazil.

According to GloboEsporte, this Wednesday, January 14, the two clubs have already held meetings to discuss the player’s transfer, and the Timão are confident the deal will go through. Al-Hilal is willing to loan Kaio César for one season, in exchange for a financial compensation of around 500 thousand euros, a sum the Brazilian club is expected to accept to secure the signing.

Sporting, for its part, has no interest in signing Kaio César. Despite recent rumors coming from the Middle East, the player is not on the Lions’ radar for this transfer window. Initially, the Saudi press reported that both the Lions and Atlético Mineiro had submitted offers for the 21-year-old forward, who has already played for Vitória de Guimarães, but this does not appear to be true, at least as far as the green and whites are concerned.

The newspaper Record denied, in its Monday edition, January 12, any interest from the Alvalade club in the current transfer window. Still, the Al Hilal player had previously been scouted by Sporting in 2025, but those intentions seem to have fallen through.

The winger left Vitória de Guimarães in the winter transfer window of 2025 to join the club then managed by Jorge Jesus. Valued at 4.5 million euros, Kaio César is now in his second season in Saudi Arabia, where he has already scored four goals and provided six assists in 34 matches for Al Hilal.

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