The second stage of Caio Henrique (23 years old) at Atlético de Madrid it will end before you can begin. As AS has learned, the left-back (he can also act as a midfielder) is going to sign for Monaco. The agreement between the clubs is total by 8 million euros plus 2 in variables. The footballer is in the Principality to pass the medical examination, solve some fringes and sign for five seasons.
There are two factors that have led to this situation. First, the need in the Metropolitan Wanda to make money due to the economic crisis. There is urgency in the accounts, especially if you want to strengthen another position by going to the market (like Marc Roca a lot …). And second, the player's desire to join a project, after having excelled in the Brasileirao and being a fixture in their country's Olímpica, to ensure prominence and title holder status. It is the best way to stay strong for the Tokyo Games and enter the Canarinha with strength. Monaco has done it, which means a contract with a salary greater than that which Atleti was going to present him upon his return.
Benfica and Porto, the other big stakeholders in Caio Henrique
Niko Kovac's team has thus prevailed over the rest of the suitors by taking over Caio Henrique. In these last weeks, during the dispute of the final phase of the Champions League, the agents of the paulista, Jorge Mendes, Deco and Lecca de Camargo, have met in Portugal with Porto and Benfica. They were both very interested but first they had to sell to Alex Telles and Grimaldo, which required time that Atlético did not have. In Spain, a member of Monchi's secretariat has been in contact recently to find out his situation for the Seville. In France Marseille also tried it and in Ingalterra, Everton.
Thus, Atlético will enter around 10 million Caio Henrique, a player who he signed for 600,000 euros from Santos in 2016 and with only 18 years. For the left-handed lane of the defense, a position that already limped in 2019-20, Simeone is now staying with Renan Lodi and Manu Sánchez. A loan was not ruled out for the youth squad, very close to Osasuna, but the departure of the Brazilian has caused Wanda to rethink this loan. The youth squad, recently summoned by the U-21, served as a substitute for Lodi and took a step forward after the break. The rojiblanco club wants there to be a natural replacement in the position, so the boy's permanence is closer today than yesterday.