Santos are living a nightmare this month. As three of their best players are out with the Olympic team, the club are doing what they can to hold onto the top of the league table as they avoid selling stars until the end of the European transfer window.
From the Olympic trio, Zeca is wanted by PSG and Atletico Madrid, Gabigol is being disputed by Juventus and Inter Milan, and Thiago Maia keeps being chased by Chelsea.
So Globo Esporte has made a story about the situation of these players. And on Chelsea’s pursuit for the midfielder, there is good and bad news.
The article confirms ESPN’s news about the approach made by Kia Joorabchian and Giuliano Bertolucci to Thiago Maia, they want to be his agents, and says that the player should up signing with them indeed.
That’s positive for Chelsea, since they’ve been already involved in the deals with Oscar, Ramires, Willian, Pato and David Luiz.
The agents are said to have offers from the Blues and Juventus ready to be shown to Santos once the player signs up with them.
But Thiago reportedly doesn’t want to be sold this summer. He wants to stay at Santos for at least one more year, so he can develop better and fight for titles with his youth club.
From all the starlets in the Olympic team, the 19-year-old, who’s also the youngster of the squad, had the best debut in the Olympics.
Playing as the only defensive midfielder, he was capable of balancing the team against South Africa and was the only player who was praised by the media.
Chelsea will certainly have more competition to sign him after the tournament, and maybe that’s why they’re pushing hard now.
