Dream of Sport Recife fans, midfielder Diego Souza could return to Pernambuco football. However, wearing another the shirt of its classic rival. In partnership with the German betting company estadium.bet, Santa Cruz is in negotiations to bring him to the club for three months, with the possibility of an automatic renewal in case the athlete wants so.
At Tricolor, the possibility of having Diego Souza is viewed with caution, as he has a strong connection with classic rival in the state Sport Recife. The betting company, in turn, is willing to invest an attractive amount of money so that Souza can wear Santa Cruz’s jersey.
The idea is that the entire contract with the player is funded by the brand. estadium.bet CEO Kani Altug confirmed the plan to reinforce Santa Cruz’ squad: “We want to get strong in Northeast football and we are trying to sign this. Besides him, we have other situations that we are going to try, so we can bring an impact athlete to the club.”
In case it is not possible to hire Souza, the company will look for another player also capable of generating impact by increasing the number of club’s member, encouraging fans and cheering the competition in 2020.
Diego Souza has an indefinite future since November last year, when he was out of Sao Paulo's plans for renewal. Although linked to the ‘Tricolor’ Paulista team until the end of 2019, he was playing last season for Botafogo, on loan, and had a contract renewal clause for two more years. Due to his high salary that was considered as heavy for the club's coffers, it reached an agreement to terminate the contract with the athlete.
Source: GMB
