Mazzuco confirms the polls for Tiquinho and sees a ‘challenge’ in keeping the squad

The market looks at Botafogo. In recent weeks, the SAF has received contacts from all sides from at least eight players from the isolated leading team of the Brazilian league. The most coveted are defender Adryelson and also forwards Matheus Nascimento and Tiquinho Soares. However, according to director André Mazzuco, the budget is to avoid losses. Therefore, he has already rejected several offers.

“Tiquinho naturally has polls, yes, his numbers are excellent and everyone has known him even more. He’s making a difference. He’s very happy here, he has polls, but he’s our top scorer and he’s crucial for the trip. (.. .) It is not our intention to lose anyone. We are really very focused on this point and the athletes know it. It is not a situation that we would remove. It is our challenge, but it is this solidity that we have built that is leading us to fight at the top.” , revealed the top hat, to “Seleção SporTV”.

So far the club has only lost coach Luís Castro, who accepted the multimillion-dollar offer from Al Nassr, from Saudi Arabia. Aside from him, who has already been replaced with the signing of fellow Portuguese Bruno Lage, the same players have made it clear that they prefer trying to become Brazilian champions rather than leaving for an alternative market. Besiktas-TUR tried Adryelson, and Eduardo has already ruled out returning to Arabia. Under both proposals, Botafogo would receive around R$20 million. But for that amount, John Textor’s SAF won’t come out.

Successful merger of the cast

Mazzuco recalled the process of establishing the squad, from 2022, which led to this result.

“Last year we had little time in the first window, we assumed it was six weeks away (between 2021 and 2022). We needed a stronger team to support Série A until the second window. The first measure was to create a scout department, with qualified professionals, Alessandro Brito came with me. It is a very important nucleus. It was our most meticulous work in defining the profile and quality of the athletes. We managed to balance all the positions “, the leader praised, citing a specific example.

“We have a very good example, which is Segovinha (acquired by Guarani-PAR), it is not in profile (low and very young), but with an impressive technical quality. We have managed to optimize. We don’t have such a long team, but the delivery it’s very much within what we expected. We’ve used windows to really create this solidity that we’ve achieved.”

Finally, Mazzuco spoke about the Botafogo fan.

“We try to bring the euphoria of the fans as positive energy. The group is very professional, very competent and very competitive. We believe in what we can do, we will fight for the title until the end. It’s the mentality, always. We will fight until the end to look as much as possible in the Brazilian and South American.

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Source: Terra

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