Atlético hires Thiago Neves, former Cruzeiro, until the Brazilian’s final



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with trade-related sources.

Thiago Neves will have a productivity contract in the Atlantic until the end of Serie A. The salary will be much less than that paid by Grmio, in the order of R $ 600 thousand, and he will provide bonuses in case of scoring goals with the athletic shirt.

The hiring of Thiago Neves was recommended to Atlético by coach Jorge Sampaoli. Since he removed the Ecuadorian Juan Cazares from his plans, the Argentine coach has been pleading with the board to acquire a player to play the role. During the season, midfielder Nathan was very satisfied with the sector.

Nathan suffered a hamstring muscle injury on August 13 and returned to the Atlantic team in the second half of a 2-0 win over Bragantino that Sunday.

Thiago Neves no Grmio

Thiago Neves played 14 games with Grmio, nine in the Gacho Championship and five in the Brazilian championship. He even stayed on the bench three times. If he made 20 matches as a related athlete, his link with Tricolor would automatically renew at the end of 2021.

In order not to activate the clause, the union president Romildo Bolzan Junior decided to interrupt the contract that would go until the final of the Brazilian Championship, in February 2021.

Thiago Neves had a salary at Grmio in the R $ 600 thousand for more.

The midfielder and his representatives were notified of the termination by Grmio on September 4, the following match day 2-1 loss to Sport, in Porto Alegre. At that time, he was chosen as a starter by coach Renato Gacho, but received much criticism.

After the game, Renato even said that, in the South, when they think that a player is not going to give up, the press usually massacre him. For him, this was the case with Thiago Neves.

Cruzeiro’s political exit: ‘Speak, Zez’

Decided on consecutive Copa do Brasil titles by Cruzeiro, in 2017 and 2018, Thiago Neves fell in 2019.

In the season, Thiago Neves was negatively marked in the relegation of Cruzeiro Srie B. In addition to poor performance on the field, he had friction with coach Rogrio Ceni in the second half and was photographed in games when the team was in a dramatic situation in the classification.

As if that were not enough, a leaked audio revealed a conversation between the midfielder and former Cruzeiro soccer coach, Zez Perrella, in which he requested the payment of salary and guaranteed a good result in the decisive duel against CSA, in Mineiro, on November 29, for round 35. Raposa ended up defeated by 1 to 0. To worsen the relationship with the cruzeirenses, the 10 shirt wasted a penalty in that match.

The revolutions against the CSA had a significant ‘weight’ in the Cruzeiro Srie B relegation campaign, decreed in the defeat against Palmeiras, 2-0, also in Gigante da Pampulha, on 8 December.

The phrase “Speak, Zez, good morning man!”, Directed by Thiago Neves to Zez Perrella in the leaked conversation, ended up becoming a joke on social networks in the period of the Cruzeiro’s decline.

In Cruzeiro, between January 2017 and December 2019, Thiago Neves scored 41 goals and gave 23 assists in 151 games. There were four titles held in the period: two from the Mineiro Championship (2018 and 2019) and two from the Brazil Cups (2017 and 2018).

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