In recent weeks, the attacker Luciano Rodríguezof Liverpoolfrom Uruguay, has been placed in the sights of Palm trees. According to several publications, Alviverde had scheduled a meeting with the Uruguayan team to discuss the acquisition of the 20-year-old athlete.
The two teams are in the same bracket in CONMEBOL Libertadores. The boy’s performance in Palmeiras’ 3-1 victory at Allianz Parque would have caught the attention of Abel Ferreira and the Alviverde football department, which would be looking to hire him.
A ESPN has been monitoring the scenario for a few weeks and found out, from sources linked to the São Paulo team, that there was only a survey to find out the conditions for a possible deal for the 20-year-old striker.
Luciano Rodriguez fits into the so-called “hiring profile” carried out by Palmeiras in recent years. With stints in youth teams, youth and potential for resale to Europe in the future, the Uruguayan, in fact, draws the attention of Verdão’s football leadership due to his quality.
A ESPN found that there will indeed be a meeting between the two boards, but not to discuss a possible negotiation for Luciano. The so-called meeting is considered “usual” by the two boards before the duel in the Libertadores group stage.
In addition to being in Palmeiras’ sights, Luciano is seen as a future reinforcement for the City Groupfor an agreement that could reach 15 million dollars, just over R$76 million.
In Alviverde’s view, this figure, in addition to being considered “unreal” by Palmeiras himself, would be too high even for the Flamengoa club that has the best financial power in South America, ruling out an investment of this size in reinforcement during the period.
Liverpool are working with the reality of selling the 20-year-old striker to European football. However, Luciano Rodríguez’s staff guarantees that there will be a meeting between the parties and that Palmeiras, in fact, is working to acquire the new reinforcement.
In the current season, the boy has played 21 games between Liverpool and the Uruguay national team, with ten goals scored.
For the second half of this year, Alviverde will have Felipe Anderson, who signed a pre-contract with the São Paulo club. Despite the acquisition of prominence in LazioVerdão also tries to prepare for goodbye to Endrick.
Sold to Real Madrid for 72 million euros (R$411 million), in December 2022, the striker will join the Merengue team permanently when he turns 18, a fact that will happen on July 24th of this year.
