with an agreement forwarded, the club gives up on Cuellar

Despite the great optimism of recent weeks, due to the arrival of the Gustavo Cuellar to the Corinthians, the hiring should no longer happen, according to journalist Samir Carvalho, from “UOL Esporte”. In his publication, the professional stated that the lack of agreement with the al-hilal was the reason.

At the age of 30, the Colombian midfielder has been playing for the Saudi Arabia team since 2019, and has stood out in recent years, mainly in the team’s participation in the Club World Cup. Before that, the player still had a passage through the Flamengoas well as in Junior Barranquilla and not Deportivo Caliwhere it was revealed.

The information in the local press was that the arrival of the player at Corinthians was close, since the Brazilian management, and the athlete, already had a closed salary agreement. Despite this, the Arabs asked for financial compensation of 5 million euros to sell him, which was rejected by the club.

Now, Timão returns to analyzing names in the market in search of increasing its repertoire in the squad, at the request of coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo. The main positions that should be in demand are the right-back, and a wing forward, since there are few options at the current moment of the team.

Moving in the transfer market, in search of strengthening its squad, Corinthians had been working with three targets, and seemed to act in a way that it would achieve all three. The first was Matías Rojaswhose contract expires on racing, and should reach Timão. The other two, Lucas Verissimo and Cuellar ended up bumping into their respective clubs, Benfica and Al-Hilal.