Frustration with Marcos Leonardo sparks witch hunt at São Paulo | OneFootball

Forward during the last Club World Cup match (Richard Pelham/Getty Images)

RAFAEL EMILIANO@rafaelemilianoo

The day after the frustration of negotiations for the signing of Marcos Leonardo was supposed to be a time of reevaluation within São Paulo. But the truth is that the atmosphere was one of a witch hunt.

The reason is quite simple: a significant portion of councilors supporting President Julio Casares and influential members bought into the idea that the deal with the forward didn't happen because the information was leaked beforehand. An idea propagated by Henrique Gomes, known as Baby, the main leader of the Torcida Independente.

AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR heard from at least four different sources throughout this Wednesday (3) that the Saudis were not pleased at all to learn from the Brazilian press that Marcos Leonardo had already verbally agreed with the Morumbi club.

"They felt offended. They were in a bad mood. Things should have been handled with the utmost secrecy. What we saw was a rush to update the press on what was happening," said one of the sources consulted by the report.

Because of this, the main topic behind the scenes was to hunt down the 'x-9', investigate who had been leaking information, and demand the head of the responsible party from the president. A bit of an exaggeration, we might say...

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