Fluminense president regrets Evanilson’s departure: “FC Porto emerged and we were out of control” – FC Porto

The president of Fluminense, Mário Bittencourt, granted a press conference on Tuesday to explain the sale of Evanilson to FC Porto. The flu leader guarantees that he had no control over the business.

“Recently, the player was wanted by some clubs. The main proposal was for an English club, Crystal Palace. It was true that the club was interested. In principle, it was going to be that. I asked him to stay until the end of the Brazilian Championship “. and the Copa do Brasil. If the sale had been made, he would have stayed. But a proposal came from Porto. Porto came with higher values, and obviously we had no control over that. I tried to get the player to stay with us until the end of the Brazilian. But even out of fear of injury, the club and the businessman opted for the athlete to leave now. We were in a situation that was practically lost. There is no automatic renewal, contracts have a defined term. there was some failure in relation to that, it was before our arrival ”, he explained. Mário Bittencourt believes that he will now find a good solution for the 20-year-old forward.

“Do you think I like to lose my main player? I am president of the club. But I am also a fan. I am sad. But it is football. We have lost, but we will evaluate if we can make the substitution at the same level, perhaps in the South American market , to try to make this replacement “, he guaranteed.