Barcelona may have watched on with curiosity as Vitor Roque and Palmeiras suffered FIFA Membership World Cup elimination.
The Brazilians secured a spot within the quarter finals after ending prime of Group A with 5 factors forward of Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami in second spot.
They sealed an additional time win over previous rivals Botafogo within the final 16 however the journey got here to an finish through a 2-1 loss to Chelsea within the subsequent section.
Palmeiras will obtain an enormous monetary enhance from their run within the event, however Barcelona is not going to choose up as a lot as they hoped for, through Vitor Roque’s eexit at the beginning of 2025.
Vitor Roque’s Palmeiras contract defined
Barcelona and Vitor Roque agreed to half methods in February following a controversial spell in Catalonia for the 20-year-old.
After arriving amid a wave of optimism over growing into Barcelona’s newest South American star in 2023, he was shortly moved on.
Following a season-long mortgage at Actual Betis in 2024/25, Barcelona indicated he didn’t have a spot in Hansi Flick’s plans, and a pissed off Vitor Roque accepted a transfer again to Brazil.
The striker has hit out at Barcelona and Actual Betis quite a few occasions over how his exit was dealt with as Palmeiras paid a Brazilian switch file of €25.5m to deliver him in.
Nonetheless, the small print of the switch means his new facet solely bought 80% of his enjoying rights, plus one other additional €5m in performance-related variables.
The small print of these variables embody €1m if he wins a world competitors at Palmeiras with €2m put aside if he wins the Ballon d’Or in his time on the membership.
As per experiences from Mundo Deportivo, the third fee – of €2m – has now been missed utterly because it associated to him ending among the many prime three gamers on the Membership World Cup.
No objectives within the event, and a blended total displaying, means Barcelona will lose out on a potential money enhance.