São Paulo consider new deal talks to fend off Argentine interest in Calleri | OneFootball

Luciano's agents are not expected to be the only ones sitting down with São Paulo's management in the coming days. Somewhat irritated by the constant news in the Argentine press about a potential transfer to the player's home country, the tricolor directors are considering starting negotiations to renew the contract of striker Calleri.

This information was gathered by AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR from sources within the Morumbi club's leadership on Tuesday (3), after the name of São Paulo's number 9 was involved in yet another speculation in the neighboring country.

This time, the interested party is once again River Plate. According to journalists there, the Argentine giant is reportedly preparing a salary proposal for the player after he was supposedly offered.

This is nothing new. On the contrary, since December, when he was still recovering from surgery, Calleri has been surrounded by speculations about a possible return. An Argentine portal even claimed he had been seen at the Monumental de Nuñez, while on the mentioned date, the striker was enjoying a vacation with his girlfriend in Japan, on the other side of the world.

While things with River have always been speculative, the only concrete interest, if we can say so, came from the great rival of the Millionaires, Boca Juniors, where Calleri established himself in his career and played before first arriving at São Paulo in 2016.

The president of the Xeneizes, former midfielder Juan Román Riquelme, has never hidden his admiration for the tricolor number 9 and has always made it clear that his goal was to bring back the former player. Even with Calleri recovering from surgery, Riquelme publicly expressed his desire to open negotiations with São Paulo to acquire the center forward.

In any case, São Paulo is willing to at least cool down the speculations. The report found that besides Luciano, who began negotiations for a contract extension on Monday (2), the club is expected to sit down with Calleri's staff to discuss renewing his contract, which only runs until the end of the year. The Argentine will turn 33 in September and is one of the highest-paid players in the current tricolor squad.

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