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Palmeiras will play on Thursday (11) the third-place decision of the Club World Cup against Al-Ahly, from Egypt, but the match is less important for the club, which will play at the end of the month in the final in Brazil and will intensify the discussions about next season. Among the issues are reinforcements for Abel Ferreira.
The coach asked for four signings when he arrived at Palmeiras and later lost Felipe Melo and Wesley through injuries, as well as Ramires, who terminated the contract. The Portuguese received the defenders Kuscevic, who was already negotiating when Vanderlei Luxemburg was coach, Alan Empereur (that was his indication), as well as Breno Lopes, substitute after Wesley’s surgery.
Before the transfer window closed, the club tried to bring in another midfielder. Paraguayan Mathías Villasanti, from Cerro Porteño (PAR), was the main wish, but there was no agreement. With the return of Felipe Melo, the coach has the 30 shirt and Danilo to play in front of the rear.
Despite keeping the market analysis department active and following possible objectives, Palmeiras focused their attention on the decision of the Copa Libertadores and the Club World Cup. The president Maurício Galiotte, the vice presidents Paulo Buosi and Alexandre Zanotta, as well as the director of football Anderson Barros are the leaders of the department and traveled with the delegation first to Rio de Janeiro (RJ) and then to Doha, in Qatar.
Without preseason, due to changes in the 2020 calendar, Verdão will have to model the squad according to Abel Ferreira’s preferences, without stopping playing. The team would debut on the last weekend of February in Paulistão 2021, but the game will have to be postponed, since the first match of the Copa do Brasil final, against Grêmio, has passed to this date – the trip will be on 2 / 28 the turn on 7/3.
The idea of Palmeiras is to maintain the philosophy adopted this season: specific signings, without damaging the club’s finances or taking space from the base categories. These were the reasons that made the club not formalize a proposal from the forward Hulk, who ended up hitting Atlético-MG.
The board knows that it will also receive requests from abroad for the boys, who led the team in the titles of Paulista and Libertadores. Patrick de Paula is monitored by Benfica (POR) and Manchester City (ING), while Gabriel Veron attracted the attention of teams from England and Spain in 2020, but ended up hampered by injuries.
The idea of the club is not to negotiate them now, although it leaves the possibility open if a very advantageous offer appears. Regarding renewals, the following players have a contract only until December: Jailson, Vinicius Silvestre, Felipe Melo, Luan Silva and Willian. Alan Empereur is on loan until June.
