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Barça has set itself the objective of signing a winger who plays on the left wing. Although the priority is Nico Williams, on Deco ‘s agenda there is another name that the Barça sports director already explored weeks ago.
As MD revealed: Pepé , 27-year-old Porto striker , who scored in the group stage match of the Champions League in Montjuïc . In Portugal they now explain that the coach offered Vitor Roque in the operation, which the Portuguese club ruled out.
Deco contacted Porto to ask about the viability of hiring Pepé . He was clear about signing him to the point that he brought the Vitor Roque letter to negotiate, according to the Portuguese newspaper Record. André Villas-Boas , the new president, however, refused to engage in talks, ruling out the Barça striker’s inclusion.
The reason is that the former Athletico Paranaense player, according to these sources, has an annual net salary of 3 million euros, an amount that the leader does not want to assume because the Portuguese club needs severe financial rigor. With his proposal, Deco intended to considerably reduce the costs involved in Pepé’s transfer, with a termination clause of 75 million euros. In a recent interview with the channel Ahora, Villas Boas made it very clear that he has no intention of transferring SAD’s main assets below the respective termination clauses.
The other player that Deco put on the table was Mika Faye, a 19-year-old center back, who has already made his debut for Senegal. The defender is valued at 15 million euros, but that bar is out of Porto’s reach.
Pepé is a wing footballer who arrived at Porto in 2021 from Gremio de Porto Alegre in exchange for 15 million euros. A skilled, skilled, fast player with great control of the ball, in his early days in Brazil he acted as a winger or playmaker. Upon arriving at the Portuguese club he was converted to a full-back, although Sergio Conceiçao returned him to the winger, placing him mainly on the left.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
