Samuel Lino reveals why he chose Flamengo over European clubs’ offers | OneFootball

Flamengo's reinforcement, Samuel Lino, received an offer to play for Napoli (ITA)

Samuel Lino is another player that Flamengo has signed in this transfer window. In a press conference on Friday (01), the forward explained why he accepted the proposal from Mais Querido and turned down offers from European teams.

— When I returned to São Bernardo after my stint at Flamengo, I always kept up with Flamengo, the main team, all the games. In fact, I had some very interesting proposals from Europe, I had financially good proposals from Arabia as well. But when Flamengo came with a good proposal too, I thought, it's a gigantic club, a club I've already played for -, he said, before concluding:

— It's a club that's always competing for titles, always in the top positions, and I see many players making it to the Brazilian national team. So this attracted me much more than the projects that were offered to me in Europe and in other countries as well. And when you're at a gigantic club, close to my family, everyone speaks my language, eats Brazilian food. So all of this counted a lot for me to be here today at Flamengo -, he said.

DID NAPOLI TRY TO SIGN SAMUEL LINO?

Yes! Napoli (ITA) tried to sign Samuel Lino. However, talks with the Italian team did not progress, and Flamengo stepped in to seal the arrival of the forward to Ninho do Urubu.

HOW MUCH DID FLAMENGO PAY FOR THE SIGNING OF SAMUEL LINO?

Flamengo paid 22 million euros (R$ 141 million) to Atlético de Madrid to have Samuel Lino in the squad from this season. In addition, Mais Querido may pay an additional two million euros (R$ 12 million) if the player meets the goals set in the contract.

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