Palmeiras hit Richard Ríos to Benfica this last weekend. To replace the Colombian midfielder, the summer already has a target in mind: it is the Brazilian naturalized Portuguese Otávio. The information is from the site the game.
The 30-year-old midfielder is currently a player of Al-Nassr, Cristiano Ronaldo’s team, but should not stay on the Arab team. The athlete was left out of the list of pre-season related in Austria and is not in the future plans of coach Jorge Jesus.
Your contract with Al-Nassr runs until July 2026.
Who is Octavius? How do you play? THE Sporting News answer next.
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Palmeiras is interested in hiring midfielder Otavio, 29, Al-Nassr.
Portuguese player is out of the plans of coach Jorge Jesus. Otávio was not related to the preseason of the Saudi club in Europe.
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Who is Otávio, target of Palmeiras to replace Richard Ríos
Otávio was born in João Pessoa, Paraíba, but was revealed in the base categories of Inter. He even worked on Colorado’s professional team before signing with Porto in 2014.
It started in team B of the Portuguese giants, but soon stood out and was one of the main players of the port of the 2017/18 season.
Otávio was even summoned by the Brazilian under-20 team, but became Portuguese naturalized in 2021 and even defended the European team, participating in the Qatar World Cup in 2022. It was also called to the last Euro, but lost the campaign due to the injury.
In 2023, it was bought by Al-Nassr for 60 million euros. At the time, it was the biggest sale in Porto history.
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