Vitor Roque arrives in Barcelona ahead of €40m January move

Vitor Roque landed in Barcelona on Wednesday ahead of his move to the Catalan membership and is ready to start coaching with the primary staff on Friday afternoon.

Roque’s arrival at Barça following a €40 million ($43.6m) cope with Brazilian membership Athletico-PR is sort of full, barring the participant’s official registration with the membership.

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The switch window in Spain opens on Jan. 2. Once the deal is finalised, Roque may make his official debut on Jan. 4 in opposition to Las Palmas.

Barça reached an settlement to signal Roque from Athletico in July, with the participant inking a seven-year contract. Financial Fair Play guidelines have made signing gamers troublesome for the Spanish champions, and Roque was initially set to hitch ahead of the 2024-25 season.

However, Barça’s harm issues and troubles in entrance of aim made bringing ahead the 18-year-old’s move ahead the favoured possibility.

The 18-year-old Brazil striker performed his final official match for Athletico-PR on Dec. 3, leaving the membership after scoring 28 objectives in 80 appearances. Roque scored 21 of these objectives in 44 matches in 2023, till a sprained proper ankle suffered in September stored him sidelined for 2 months.

Roque’s first public look with Barça will happen on Saturday on the conventional open coaching session for the general public on the Johan Cruyff Stadium, which can be his second session along with his new teammates.