2023-12-05 21:29:06
Leonardo Pereira, the player for the first Brazilian football team Flamengo, revealed that he will not be a replacement for his compatriot Neymar Jr., the Saudi Al Hilal star, who is absent due to a torn cruciate ligament, during the upcoming winter transfer period. Mauricio Fonseca, the media official at the Brazilian club, told Al-Riyadiya: “I spoke with Leonardo regarding this matter, and he assured me that he knew nothing regarding it at all, and that no official had contacted him or the club to include him during the upcoming winter transfers.” The Brazilian newspaper Globo Sport had previously confirmed that Al Hilal had entered into serious negotiations to sign Leo Pereira, Flamengo defender, in the winter Mercato, to be a replacement for his injured compatriot Neymar. Reports indicated that the management of the capital club allocated a large sum of money to persuade Flamengo to abandon Pereira’s services, noting that the Portuguese Jorge Jesus, the current coach of Al-Azraq and former Flamengo, made a phone call with the player and asked him to have a new experience with Al-Hilal. Pereira is good at playing in the centre-back and left-back positions, the latter of which Al-Hilal suffers from due to Yasser Al-Shahrani’s frequent exposure to injuries.
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