Contacts between Real Madrid and Marcos Leonardo
They probably don’t know him, but they will. Because Marcos Leonardo is not just another diamond in the mine, but rather one of those players who will 100% reach a major European club . The only question is which one. A bidding room where Real Madrid has just appeared , which has been in talks for days with its entourage to gather all possible information and weigh its signing.
Let’s get the most important thing out of the way: there is still no formal offer, or anything like it . As Globo pointed out , the contacts have been limited to a matter of knowing details about the player and his contractual situation. Because he is an interesting footballer. And that he has what is most necessary: a goal.
Who is it?
Brazilian forward, 20 years old, right-footed ( video ). It is not a promise recently promoted to a first team, but a reality: at the moment he is the third top scorer of the Brasileirão , with 13 strikes . Gunslinger and star of a Santos team that is going through an exceptional situation: the club, historic like few others, is currently fighting to avoid relegation to Second Division.
His goals are the miracle that feeds faith. He is an idol in Vila Belmiro. The team leader. A player who feels the colors – he came out of the quarry – and for now only thinks about finishing the job (the Brazilian league ends on December 6, so right now he will enter his critical phase). But starting in January, he will be on the lips of many.
“I am prepared to play for a great club in Europe” he stated in an interview with AS. And there are plenty of suitors. Last market he was less than one step away from going to Roma (he offered 18 million) , but he finally stayed to help Santos avoid relegation.
He delayed the inevitable: that I ended up reaching European football. It’s what he himself wants. At the moment, Real Madrid ‘s interest is on the table, but in Chamartín they know from those around them that Newcastle is preparing a very strong offer. That the Magpies are very serious. And there will be more proposals.
His agent, at the Bernabéu
The case took heat last night, when Fernando Brito, his representative, appeared at the Santiago Bernabéu to watch the game from a box . Without any interest in keeping the visit a secret, he even took a photograph with Rafaela Pimenta , Haaland’s agent, who was also seen by Chamartín.
Real Madrid does not hide its need to sign a great striker next summer and, apart from Endrick, other figures are being tested. Among them, of course, Haaland, who would cost between 180 and 200 million euros . But within Juni Calafat’s secret agenda there is also his compatriot Marcos Leonardo , currently valued at 17 million.
Source: AS
