Fulham have finally agreed an £8m deal to sign Flamengo forward Rodrigo Muniz, according to Football Insider.
The website quotes a cites a club source, who suggests the signing should be completed in the coming days, following torturous negotiations with the Brazilian outfit over their 20 year-old striker. Fulham sought to renegotiate a previously arranged deal after learning that Flamengo had tried to sell Muniz, who is keen to work with Marco Silva, to Middlesbrough for a lower fee.
Silva is eager to sign a striker to supplement Aleksandar Mitrovic ahead of the new Championship campaign and views Muniz, who has scored 10 times in 33 appearances since breaking into the Flamengo first team last year, as the sort of young talent he can develop. Muniz, who won the Brazilian championship in a fairytale debut campaign at senior level, is keen to come to London after Silva suggested he could have similar success to Richarlison should he make the move.
The deal has also been held up after Muniz tested positive for coronavirus last week.
So in our efforts to get his price reduced from the £6.8m we’d previously agreed, to the £5.1m Boro had agreed… we’ve managed to get it increased to £8m. Either that’s some expert negotiating, or some of the stuff previously reported by the Brazilian media has been nonsense…
Ditto I agree however if it means getting the deal done
or dissapointment then lets get it done.
I wish we would hurry up and get Muniz signed up why are we faffing around,get it done before it’s too late.
Why is everyone getting ‘excited’ by this signing? Look at his record he is nothing special and could turn out to be another Marlet.
Maybe they dropped the % sell-on clause?
Can’t wait to see if he is going to live up to all the hype and speculation or be a complete dud. Only time will tell
Give the guy a chance, will be so new to him, but I think he will come good.
We should have spent money when we were in Premiership
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Glad to see we’re looking at a striker at last. Covid seems to be the hold up. Hope it gets done soon
Unusual to get dud Brazilians. Some are better than others.
Great news – a striker is just what need to put an end to the over reliance on Mitro. I’m pinning my hopes on Silva to have a Saha-like Championship impact. COYW