Remo want fee for Pedro Rocha, São Paulo consider move under pressure | OneFootball

Top scorer of Serie B celebrates goal scored for the Paraense team (Instagram)

RAFAEL EMILIANO@rafaelemilianoo

Friday (29) was intense at São Paulo, with the Morumbi club running in the market for an option to replace André Silva in the squad. The problem is that the options tried by Tricolor proved more difficult than expected. And it was a collection of negatives.

The main one was Pedro Rocha, top scorer of Serie B for Remo, with ten goals scored. Revealed by Juventus da Mooca, the forward gained notoriety at Grêmio, where he turned professional. Since then, he has had stints at Flamengo and Cruzeiro, but in recent years he has entered a certain decline, becoming an option for smaller teams.

As initially revealed by the portal 'UOL', the 30-year-old player entered Tricolor's radar for his apparent career recovery in Paraense football. Focused and playing more centrally (before he played more on the sides of the field), the forward is the main Remista figure in the Segundona, where the fight is for access (he occupies until the publication of this report the sixth position, with 35 points, four behind Criciúma, the last in the access zone).

The AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR found out that São Paulo directors spent the day on the phone. But it was of no use.

In a first contact with Pedro Rocha's agents, the optimism was already cut off. The response was that the player would only speak after an agreement between São Paulo and Remo.

And so the already resigned Tricolor directors sought Marcos Braz, former Flamengo director and current head of football at the club from Belém (PA). Then the interest was completely lost.

Even with Pedro Rocha having a contract only until the end of the year, the Paraense team agrees to release the forward only with the payment of the fine, approximately R$ 30 million.

Tricolor will try to keep conversations during the weekend, but admits the difficulty and has ruled out, for now, the option.

The response was similar to the one received from Japan by Marcelo Ryan. The 23-year-old forward, revealed by Bahia, currently defends FC Tokyo on loan.

Despite the staff and the player himself being excited about the São Paulo inquiry, the Japanese club did not like it at all. It informed Sagan Tosu, owner of the player's rights, that it does not want to give up its top scorer in the final stretch of the Japanese season.

To make matters worse, Sagan itself was not excited about the draft proposal made by São Paulo, to assume the current loan. It demanded financial compensation to release Ryan before the end of the contract, which runs until December. In practice, he can already sign a pre-agreement with whoever he wants. And, if São Paulo really wants him, they should sign now for him to arrive in January.

Without him and two other options (Calleri and Ryan Francisco, who are also in Reffis), Hernán Crespio has to line up the attack, as a native center forward, the countryman Dinneno, a name that came from Cruzeiro when the coach was Luis Zubeldía, who even recommended him to Tricolor (a fact, by the way, that may contribute to his low use with the new commander).

In addition to Dinneno, pieces can be improvised, like the wingers Ferreirinha and Tapia, as well as Luciano, who can perform functions as a false 9.

With a spending cap and budget limit, Tricolor has difficulties going to the market for a name to reinforce its ranks. The option is for someone free in the market or who arrives on loan.

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