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Since the beginning of the year, after Flamengo's failure to keep Elias, Corinthians has been monitoring the steering wheel situation and promises to make a new move. With the short deadline to bring it before the beginning of Brasileirão, since Brazil's international transfer window closes on March 31, the player's father, Elisha Trindade, charges a more energetic attitude of Timão.
– Corinthians wants Elias, Elias wants to come back, but he needed someone there in Portugal to settle with Sporting (POR), the form of the transfer... There had to be someone there already to do this negotiation. If there is interest in repatriating it, there had to be negotiating director – he told LANCE!Net.
In recent days, President Mário Gobbi Filho has emphasized the desire to repatriate Elias, but highlights the difficulty of high value. Between the end of last year and the first months of that year, Flamengo was able to offer up to EUR 6 million (about R$ 19 million) for 50% of Elias' economic rights, but the Portuguese rejected, asking for 8 million euros (about R$ 25.5 million).
The Rubro-Negro, for which he was borrowed by the end of 2013, was the player's priority, but now there is no preference.
The player, who came to ask R$ 700 thousand monthly wages and R$ 2.5 million gloves to Corinthians, he's said he's already agreed to lower the request.
– He has a desire to return to Brazil for a club where he got along. In principle, the club would be Flamengo, until last year. The Corinthians is the club of the heart, practically revealed it for football, he would stay close to the family, play with the coach who likes, who also likes to work with him... – stressed the father of the steering wheel.
Businessman Carlos Leite, wanted by L!Net, said he wasn't wanted by Timão now. Manager Edu Gaspar did not return the calls of the report.
If it passes March 31st, Brazilian clubs can only hire foreign players between July 14th and August 13th, when they will open the Brazilian window in the middle of the year.
Source: Lancenet
