Bahia board is caught talking to striker Pitta, but Ceni talks about hiring

One of Cuiabá’s highlights in the last two seasons, center forward Isidro Pitta seems to have aroused Bahia’s interest. Minutes before the match between the two teams at Arena Pantanal, this Saturday (30), coach Rogério Ceni was caught talking to the striker.

After the end of the match, the player met with the coach again. This time, Bahia’s football director, Carlos Eduardo Santoro, and Raul Aguirre, the club’s CEO, were also together. The images were recorded by Canal do Puco, inside the Arena Pantanal. Despite the chat, Rogério Ceni disagreed when asked about a possible signing of the player for 2025.

“I greeted Pitta and all the other ten Cuiabá players at the beginning of the field. Now at the end he came to talk to someone, and I made a point of congratulating them. He is a good athlete, a confident, competitive guy, Gabriel Xavier suffered a lot with him. Any defender will suffer. He has a contract. He’s an athlete who fits well in many Serie A teams. I like his football.

Scorer of 21 goals in the current season, Isidro Pitta is 25 years old and could leave Cuiabá at the end of the year. He has a contract with Dourado until the end of 2026, but the club’s relegation should make his stay unfeasible.

Revealed by Cerro Porteño, the Paraguayan has spent time in football in his country in addition to having played for clubs such as Alvarenga, from Portugal, and Huesca, from Spain. In Brazil, he also played for Juventude, in 2022.

Pitta is experiencing the best moment of his career. He is also a member of the Paraguay national team. Since the departure of Oscar Estupiñan, Bahia has not had a center forward with the characteristics to play the role of reference. The squad only has Lucho Rodríguez, who has been a starter in the final stretch of the Brasileirão, and Everaldo, who was improvised on the right wing during the season.