Corinthians ends soap opera and finally announces Chrystian Barletta

This Tuesday, the 21st, the Corinthians announced the hiring of Christian Barlettastriker who stood out for the St Bernard and did a great Paulista championship. With rumors since the first phase of the competition, Timão agreed on the player’s arrival weeks ago, but the official announcement took a while to happen.

According to information from theGE”, Corinthians paid BRL 6 million to remove the young Tigre player from ABC. Therefore, Timão will own 50% of Barletta’s economic rights. At the age of 21, the highlight of Paulistão arrives to compete with Romero and reinforce Alvinegro before the start of the Brasileirão.

In a chat with the press, Duílio Monteiro Alvesclub president, had already assured that the player would be announced, but some bureaucratic details were missing. “Chrystian will be announced soon. They say we take too long on the announcement, but we only do it if it is 100% correct and signed”said the leader.

Barletta says he has been Corinthians since childhood, which facilitated the deal and made it more attractive for the striker. On its social networks, Corinthians published a sequence of photos of the player when he was younger wearing the club’s shirt and with Timão athletes, as is the case with Renato Augusto.

Despite the transfer having been confirmed by São Bernardo, by the Corinthians board and by the player himself, the fans lived in anticipation of the official announcement of the reinforcement. Chrystian Barletta even attended the CT Joaquim Grava in recent days and has passed all the medical tests carried out by the club’s health department.