Shirt 10 remains in the process of recovering an edema in Coxa and will embezzle the team of Baixada in the debut in the Brazilian Championship, this Sunday
Absent from the lawns for almost a month, since the 2-0 win over Red Bull Bragantino, for the quarterfinals of the Paulista Championship, on March 2, the striker is still in the process of recovering a thigh edema and will embezzle the Baixada team at the Brazilian Championship debut at 18:30 in front of Vasco, in São Januário.
The president of Santos, however, reassured the fans and stated that this period was planned, in view of the tighter calendar of the current season. Last year, Santos played in the Brazilian Series B, but failed to play the Brazilian Cup.
“We want Neymar well in the disputes of the main competitions, which is the case of the Brazilian Championship and the Brazilian Cup. We will play on Wednesday, on Sunday, even with chartered flights, a technical and physical work is required, which is what medical department is taking care,” said Teixeira, on Friday, during the Paulista Championship award event.
The leader cited other athletes in the process of recovery in Santos and highlighted the club’s care to have his ace 100%. “Not only Neymar, but we have this kind of strengthening requirement with several players. Zé Rafael himself is in the process of recovery,” he said. “But the tendency is for him to return even before the initial forecast. All of this is part of the reconstruction process in which Neymar is inserted.”
Marcelo Teixeira also demonstrated tranquility regarding the renewal of the shirt 10 contract. The agent trusts the joy of the athlete to defend the club that formed him and in the family’s interest in acquiring Santos SAF to hold him beyond the contract, which ends at the end of June.
“The coming of Neymar had a higher speed of what was being planned, so the tendency is that, at the right time, there will be the possibility of extending the contract until the World Cup next year,” he explained. “The dialogue is constant and daily. He is very happy and, more than that, he assumed not as a single protagonist, but as one of the important leaders of the group.”
Teixeira also spoke about a possible transformation of Santos into a company through SAF and projects in conjunction with Neymar’s family, which is interested in taking control of Santos. “We are intensifying those projects that can be put into practice, is not discussed exclusively SAF. When we started dialogue with Neymar Pai, which comes since last year, this has been maturing. When the return happens, in one of the projects there was the possibility of coming from partners, investors, who already did this work with the career of Neymar. This is beneficial to Santos,” he said.
“There is a process in the Deliberative Council, management is following this procedure that can and should happen in the future. It will not be up to Marcelo Teixeira to decide, it will be up to the Council and the Associative Framework to make these evaluations. The board will make these presentations at the opportune time for Santos to continue,” said Teixeira.
Posted by Luisa Cardoso
*With information from Estadão Content
