Fluminense star André Trindade won’t be joining Fulham this summer.
That’s according to Fluminense president Mário Bittencourt, who revealed that Fulham have ended their interest in the midfielder. He provided this information to the Brazilian media and his comments are relayed by Rádio Itatiaia.
Last month, Bittencourt confirmed that his side had made a counter-offer after Fulham came in with a bid for the 23-year-old. He was also aware of André’s agent travelling to London, to hold talks with Marco Silva’s side.
Earlier claims have stated the English club offered €25m for the Brazil international.
The Premier League side haven’t returned with an improved bid. Fluminense got in touch with Fulham to find out their plans and have been told that they ended their interest in the player.
“What we have at the moment is that Fulham have given up, they are no longer interested in the player. And we don’t have an official offer from any other club, but we’ve had surveys, conversations, enquiries that have been made directly to the player’s representative,” he said.
“There are still almost 10 days [less than a week in England] to go until the European window closes and there are still other markets. So, we’ll wait until the end of next week.
“We haven’t had any counterproposals between €25m and €35m. We asked Fulham officially if they had any intention of taking the player and they said they no longer have any interest.”
Earlier this week, Fulham completed the signing of Sander Berge from Burnley. This would have convinced the London club to officially end their interest in André.
On Friday, TNT Sports in Brazil stated Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers have contacted André’s agent. The Premier League duo could try to sign him, after Fulham walked away.
Reading between the lines, Fluminense appear to have pushed their luck too far.
