Barcelona and Palmeiras have confirmed the sale of Vitor Roque this week, with the Brazilian ahead shifting for €25.5m plus €5m in variables. The Blaugrana may also retain 20% of his sell-on payment. The Blaugrana additionally needed to negotiate with Actual Betis, the place the 20-year-old was on mortgage, so as to finish their settlement.
Roque had fallen out of the beginning XI over the past month with the return to health of Cedric Bakambu and the arrival of Cucho Hernandez. Nonetheless Betis had been naturally eager to get essentially the most out of the deal. They save on his wage and keep away from a possible €1.5m penalty clause if he didn’t attain a certain quantity of minutes.
It seems Barcelona will cede 30% of Ez Abde’s rights, with Betis now proudly owning 80% in whole. The worth of that share has been positioned at €4.5m too. At one level although it was rumoured {that a} mortgage for Pau Victor in the summertime had been agreed, with a possible choice to purchase for Los Verdiblancos.
The 23-year-old was of curiosity to Betis in January too, after they thought of a mortgage change for Victor if he was not re-registered by Barcelona. Nonetheless Sport be aware that Victor is solely centered on Barcelona, and stays eager to succeed there. He’s unaware of any additional curiosity from Betis, and isn’t contemplating a transfer there.
Barcelona nonetheless lack a free-kick specialist after Messi’s departure. This season, solely Pablo Torre has scored from a direct free-kick. @xavierbosch
— barcacentre (@barcacentre) February 28, 2025
If Barcelona do open the door to a transfer in the summertime, Betis are one among a number of La Liga golf equipment which might be monitoring his scenario, in addition to golf equipment in Germany. Nonetheless it’s famous particularly that it’ll even be Victor who chooses his future.
Provided that closing level, it could be no shock if the transfer to close down hypothesis comes from his agent, as Victor is clearly dedicated to Barcelona. If he doesn’t enhance a lot on his 259 minutes to this point this season, then he might once more contemplate his future in the summertime.