Last Sunday (26), Athletico won the Maringá 1–0 in the Arena da Baixada, for the game back from the semi-final of the Paranaense and secured vacancy in the final. While Paulo Turra runs the field, the board follows the ball market. More than reinforcements, a situation that has attracted attention behind the scenes is that of Vitor Roque, Alexandre Mattos ‘kicked the mystery away’ and brought an update on Hurricane’s attacker.
Athletico highlights that Vitor Roque has been the target of the European market, so much so that Spanish newspapers have reported the interest of Barcelona for the 18-year-old player, who made his debut in the main Brazilian national team last Saturday (25), in the defeat for Morocco by 1 to 0, for the international friendly. There are speculations that Hurricane has defined the value of R$ 290 million to release the attacker. Rubro-Negro football executive talked about it.
In an interview with Globo Esporte Paraná on Monday (27), Mattos does not hide that Vitor Roque attracts foreign interest, but reinforced that no official proposal has yet reached the Athletic: "We have nothing concrete, no value defined. We know that we will have, on his merit, what he has been developing. There are searches, conversations, but Athletico is focused on having his team strong, on maintaining the cast, especially this year," said the leader.
Alexandre Mattos also ensured that Hurricane only intends to negotiate the young attacker if there is a satisfactory offer: "We will not be irresponsible, if anything comes, especially if the president (Petraglia) understands that it is valid, we will try to do. At the moment what we have is Vitor Roque focused here, playing here, now will come back, have the finals, we need to do well ", finished the football executive Rubro-Negro.
