ESPN: Sao Paulo pursues the crescent striker Leonardo, but ultimately cannot match the crescent price

September 3 ESPN reported that Sao Paulo was unable to sign Riyadh crescent striker Marcos Leonardo after tremendous efforts.

Sao Paulo is still trying until the last moment of the transfer window, but Marcos Leonardo will not be a new player at this moment. ESPN learned that the St. Paul Club held multiple meetings with Riyadh Crescent and the striker’s team throughout the day to try to push the deal, but ultimately failed to complete the signing.

It is reported that the negotiations continued until the early morning of Saudi Arabia local time, but São Paulo believed that the club's limit had been hit and could not match the offer made by Saudi Arabia in the last meeting, so the dialogue was terminated and the Brazilian player's transfer was broken.

In terms of players, their first choice is always to return to Brazilian football to join Sao Paulo, which is also a key factor in the negotiations that can last until the last minute, but even the players' own efforts have failed to make the deal come to an end.

Although this transfer window was unsuccessful, ESPN learned that Sao Paulo will still try to introduce Marcos Leonardo in the future. The club has reached a personal agreement with the players this time, but the obstacles are in the negotiations with Riyadh Crescent.

The 22-year-old striker was not even registered with the Saudi League by Riyadh Crescent and had previously been committed to completing the transfer before the transfer window was closed.

Marcos Leonardo, who is from Santos youth training, has played in 43 official games since transferring from Benfica to Riyadh Crescent last season, contributing 29 goals and 3 assists.