Barcelona deal breaks down! Palmeiras break off talks to sign flop Vitor Roque in €25m deal as La Liga block transfer

Roque, who was very close to ending his nightmare journey in Spain and returning to his homeland to sign for Brazilian giants Palmeiras, will have to stay back in La Liga for at least until the end of the 2024/25 campaign, as according to Brazilian journalist Andre Hernan, Palmeiras have ended transfer talks with Barcelona.

Last weekend, Sport reported that Palmeiras are willing to offer a €25 million (£20m/$26m) transfer fee to sign Roque permanently from Barcelona. Accordingly, the Blaugrana were preparing to bring back the striker from his loan spell at Real Betis, however, Jijantes reported on Monday that La Liga will not authorise the transfer as the Catalan giants will have to first end his loan spell and re-register the Brazilian before then can sell him to Palmeiras. The transfer window is currently closed in Spain and as a result, the above process cannot go through. Also, as per La Liga regulations, Betis cannot loan out a player whom they have registered on a loan deal.

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Palmeiras had reportedly reached a verbal agreement with the striker’s agent Andre Cury over his wages and were prepared to make the teenager the highest-paid player in their squad.