Jandrei leaves São Paulo, takes pay cut to stay at Juventude | OneFootball

The request from a large part of São Paulo's fans, who have been suffering from so much bad news at the end of this year, has been granted. Goalkeeper Jandrei will no longer wear the club's jersey, after renewing his loan contract with Juventude for another season.

The club from Caxias do Sul confirmed on the night of Tuesday (23) that the goalkeeper has agreed to stay with the team for another season after a new loan agreement with São Paulo, with whom he has a contract until December 2026. Therefore, he is not expected to return to the Morumbi team. The Tricolor also announced the transaction.

Between August and December 2025, the 32-year-old player had already defended the Caxias do Sul team on loan. Jandrei joined São Paulo in 2022 and played 72 matches since then, participating in the victories of the 2023 Copa do Brasil and the 2024 Supercopa Rei.

The report from AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR had already revealed last Friday (19) that the goalkeeper agreed to reduce his salary and had already arranged his stay at Juventude for the entire next year.

As AMT found out, São Paulo's priority was to find someone willing to keep the 32-year-old player permanently. But with the agreement between Jandrei and Juventude, the Morumbi club kept its word to extend the goalkeeper's loan. Now the reduced salary division will be 30% for the São Paulo team and 70% for the Gaúchos.

Unable to cover the full amount of Jandrei's current salary (especially after being relegated), Juventude wanted to extend the goalkeeper's loan for all of 2026, but maintaining the agreement for São Paulo to continue paying part of the player's salary with whom they have a contract until the end of next year.

Worse, now in Serie B and necessarily needing to reduce expenses, Juventude wanted to further decrease its share of Jandrei's costs. Currently, the Tricolor already covers half of the salary.

He just needed to give in

But the goalkeeper gave in, accepted to lower his salary to stay in the Gaúcho lands, where he was welcomed and is treated as an idol by the fans.

AMT revealed at the end of October that São Paulo accepted the possibility of releasing Jandrei at no cost for him to remain with the Gaúcho team in 2026.

At the time, the conversation was not very exciting. Juventude responded that they were waiting for the season to unfold to start planning. Caution was more than necessary for those who could face a significant drop in revenue.

Jandrei firmly entered the São Paulo fans' list of grievances after being eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Copa do Brasil by Athletico-PR. A few days after the event, he was loaned to Juventude, at the recommendation of coach Thiago Carpini, with whom he worked at Morumbi.

The former São Paulo goalkeeper played 17 matches for Juventude in the Brasileirão. His performances in Caxias were pleasing, and his stay is seen as essential for their project to return to the national elite in 2026.

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