Vasco is aiming to purchase defender Lucas Oliveira, currently in Japan

Vasco is aiming to purchase defender Lucas Oliveira, currently in Japan


The player is on loan from Cruzeiro until the end of this year and is of interest to the management of the Rio club, which has already tried the defender once




Vasco hasn’t finished 2024 yet, but has already started planning for next season. The name of Lucas Oliveira, who belongs to Cruzeiro and is on loan at Kyoto Sanga, from Japan, is one of Cruz-Maltino’s targets for 2025.

The defender, in fact, has played seven games in Asian football and is not expected to continue in Kyoto. On the other hand, he should not be used again even in a possible return to Cruzeiro. The Rio team then appears as Lucas’ destiny. The Japanese team has the priority to purchase, but should not exercise this option.

Until the middle of the current season, Lucas was on loan at Real Valladolid, Spain, a club owned by Ronaldo Fenômeno, former SAF coach in Minas Gerais. But Oliveira was also in Vasco’s sights, but the negotiations did not move forward, during the mid-year negotiation window.

The defense worries Vasco in the current season

At 28, Lucas would land in a highly criticized sector in 2024 at Vasco. After all, to date, the team has conceded 53 goals in the Brazilian championship, the same number as the last and already relegated Atlético-GO. Opponent this Saturday (30th) for the Brasileirão.

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Source: Terra

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