Santos continues to look for reinforcements for the 2025 season and do well in Series A of the Brazilian Championship after a year in Series B. According to information from journalist Ben Jacobs, a name that interests the club is English striker Josh Windass, currently at Sheffield Wednesday, from the English second division.
Who is the striker and why are Santos interested in him? THE Sporting News respond below.
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🚨 Sheffield Wednesday attacker Josh Windass is the subject of a bid from Brazilian giants Santos.
Windass has ten goals in the Championship this season after signing a contract extension over the summer.🦉
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— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen)
Who is Josh Windass, the striker that interests Santos?
Josh Windass has already worked with Pedro Caixinha, current coach of Santos, at Glasgow Rangers, in Scotland, in 2017. In the current season, the Englishman has played 26 games, starting 20, scoring 10 goals and distributing two assists.
The athlete turns 31 on January 9th and can play as a striker or as an attacking midfielder.
Santos made an official proposal to Sheffield Wednesday to sign the player. In addition to the Englishman, the club is negotiating with Thaciano, from Bahia, and Thiago Maia, from Inter.
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Santos negotiations: reinforcements for 2025
See who is in Santos’ sights:
- Neymar: . The player, who is at Al-Hilal, is recovering from injury and even talked to the board about a return. However, talks have cooled in recent weeks. He is not expected to leave Arab football before mid-2025.
- Goose: Santos asked the midfielder to return to the club, but he has a contract with Fluminense until December 2025 and wants to compete in the Club World Cup for Tricolor.
- Ze Rafael: In search of a replacement for the midfield, with the possible departure of Giuliano, Zé Rafael entered the team’s radar.
- Danilo Barbosa: Santos is interested in signing the Botafogo midfielder, with whom he has a contract until the middle of 2025. The board is trying to sign him for the beginning of the year.
- Tiquinho Soares: reserve at Botafogo, the 33-year-old striker is of interest to Peixe. Contacts have already been made and a proposal should be made official in the coming days.
- Thaciano: Midfielder Thaciano is close to being announced by Santos. At 30 years old, the player has already played for Peixe and will be sold by Bahia for around 4.5 million euros, equivalent to R$32 million at the current price.
- Luisão: defender who belonged to Novorizontino, just needs to be announced.
- Josh Windass: Santos made an official offer for the Sheffield Wednesday striker.
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Players who leave Santos
- Serginho: midfielder returns to Maringá.
- Pedrinho: striker will not be bought after the end of the loan. It belongs to Lokomotiv Moscow, from Russia.
- Alex Nascimento: defender should go to Remo.
- Messiah: defender should head to Goiás.
- Renan: goalkeeper is free on the market.
- Laquintana: Uruguayan attacking midfielder will be returned to Bragantino.
- Bruno Marques: center forward who was at Botafogo-SP has already been released.
- Alison: midfielder will not have his contract renewed.
Players who could leave Santos
According to the website “Uol”, Santos put together a layoff list with 20 players who are not part of the plans for next season. The list includes well-known names among Santos players, such as goalkeeper Vladimir, midfielder Sandry and striker Furch.
The list has:
- Goalkeeper: Vladimir.
- Right-backs: Rodrigo Ferreira, Hayner and João Lucas.
- Defenders: Luiz Felipe, Diego Borges and Alex.
- Midfielders: Sandry, Balieiro, Rodrigo Fernández, Matheus Nunes, Balão, Patrick, Lucas Lima and Arce.
- Attackers: Andrey, Furch, Enzo Monteiro, Yusupha Njie and Morelos.
Midfielder Lucas Lima can also terminate his contract with Santos, with whom he has a contract until April, and settle with Sport.
Players returning from loan to Santos
- Soteldo: Grêmio must not exercise the right to purchase. With this, the attacker returns to Santos, who will decide whether to keep him in the squad or involve him in new negotiations.
- Morelos: Colombian center forward is on loan to Atlético Nacional until the end of the year. You can return to Santos.
- Lucas Braga: the striker returns after loan to Shimizu Pulse, from Japan.
- Lucas Barbosa: the striker returns from loan to Juventude.
