FC Barcelona Decides Vitor Roque Will Leave Next Season ...
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FC Barcelona has decided that Vitor Roque will leave the club next season according to the popular ... [+] Carrusel Deportivo radio programme Que Thi Jugues, which cited anonymous sources.
Getty ImagesFC Barcelona has decided that Vitor Roque will leave the club next season according to the popular Carrusel Deportivo radio programme Que Thi Jugues, which cited anonymous sources.
The Brazilian was signed as part of an agreement with Athletic Paranaense that could reach north of $60 million.
This is dependent on him realizing a number of objectives, however, which doesn't seem likely under the Catalans' current head coach Xavi Hernandez.
The club legend has afforded Vitor Roque few opportunities, and just two starts across 13 mostly cameo appearances that have yielded just a pair of goals since landing in Spain at the turn of 2024.
In recent weeks, there have been several reports that Vitor Roque will be loaned out to earn experience with Xavi routinely questioned on the matter when facing the media at a pre or post-match press conference.
According to Que Thi Jugues, it has been definitively decided that Vitor Roque will not be at the club next season with the Catalans intending for him to go out on loan.
Vitor Roque was only registered in January because Gavi's season-ending ACL tear freed space on the salary cap.
The same source explains that Barca "does not plan to register him" for 2024/2025 and "thus free up" some more salary space under Financial Fair Play limits.
While such a suggestion might not be a problem for a young player that has only just arrived in Europe and is still a little wet behind the ears, it won't be news that is well received by the forward's agent Andre Cury.
To RAC1, Barca's former eyes in Brazil, who was key to landing Neymar in 2013, explained that Vitor Roque's camp has no intention of making a temporary pit stop elsewhere and will instead look for a permanent transfer elsewhere if Barca insists on a loan.
"We don't want a loan. If the club decides he can't stay, he'll be sold," Cury stated.
"There are many teams interested in Vitor Roque. If the club doesn't give Vitor space, we'll have to look at a solution. Either he stays or he leaves in a transfer, not a loan.
"If he goes to another team that doesn't own him, it's very dangerous for the boy's career. The best thing would be to stay at Barca, but if he can't stay we will work for a transfer," Cury reiterated.
Given Barca's economic predicament, selling and spinning a profit on Vitor Roque might also be in its best interests.