24-05-2025
🤯 At 40, Vagner Love set for shock move to Brazil Cup surprise package
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The soon-to-be 41-year-old Vagner Love - who will turn 41 on June 11 - is close to returning to defend a club from Pernambuco.
Out of Jair Ventura's plans and with a contract only until the next 30th with Avaí, he has an advanced negotiation with Retrô.
Which is one of the 16 qualified for the round of 16 of the Copa do Brasil after dispatching Fortaleza.
And is fighting for the unprecedented access to Série B of the Brazilian Championship.
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According to ge, there is optimism in the conversations between the parties.
Love defended Sport between 2022 and 2023 - after a stint with Danish Midtjylland.
He passed through Atlético-GO before arriving at Avaí in July of last year.
There were five goals and three assists in 41 games with the Catarinense club.
Revealed by Palmeiras, Love was an idol in Russian CSKA, returned to defend Verdão, and had two stints with Flamengo and Corinthians.
In a recent interview with ESPN, he stated that he wants to play for another three years and would like to say goodbye with a specific game:
"I didn't think about it. But a farewell match Corinthians x Flamengo, Flamengo x Corinthians would be nice. Who knows if we don't mature this idea, a while in each team."
THERE ARE VETERANS LEFT IN RETRÔ
Team that has been collecting good results and rising in the pyramid of Brazilian football, Retrô has several athletes over 30 years old and who have passed through big clubs in Brazilian football.
Love tends to arrive as one of the references in the attack that had Fernandinho, ex-São Paulo, Flamengo, and Grêmio.
At 39 years old, he underwent surgery on his Achilles tendon on the 14th and will be out for a long period.
Ex-Inter, Ceará, and Sport, the midfielder Fabinho is 38 years old and is another leader of the squad.
From Vasco and ex-player of Flamengo and Grêmio, Rômulo is 34. Another midfielder, Jonas, ex-Flamengo, is 33.
