After months of delays, Flamengo has officially cancelled a transfer from Manchester United to buy out Andreas Pereira, meaning the 26-year-old Red Devils midfielder will have to return to Old Trafford this summer and find another place, according to Brazil's GloboEsporte.
During the winter transfer window in January, United negotiated with Flamengo for a long time and finally decided to sell Pereira for £9 million. However, in order to make more money, Manchester United delayed the transfer transaction, which eventually led to bitter results. Pereira's deal has never been officially completed, dragging on until now, and as its performance level continues to decline, the Brazilian giants decided to cancel the deal.
Last year, Pereira was loaned out to Flamengo and initially performed well, scoring 5 goals and 1 assist, thus attracting the club to try to buy him out. Flamenco giants Marcos Bratz and Bruno Spindle went to England to negotiate a transfer contract. But the high price of 9 million pounds has sparked resentment among other flamenco executives.
Coupled with flamenco's legal dispute with local banks, club president Rodolfo Landim suspended all reinforcements, including Pereira's permanent transfer.
Not only that during this period, Pereira has performed in a downward trend, only 10 appearances this season, scoring goals and assists, sitting on the cold bench for the past two months, regaining his "mediocre" nature in Manchester United, and he has even been booed by his fans.
In last year's Copa Libertadores final against Palmeiras, Pereira lost the title due to a notable low-level mistake, and a similar mistake occurred earlier this season, so it was gradually abandoned. However, there is also speculation in the Brazilian media that Flamengo's cancellation of the original transfer agreement may also be a move to force Manchester United to reduce prices.
If United want to persuade Flamengo to continue buying out Pereira, I am afraid they will have to agree to a price cut. Randim commented last month: "Andreas (Pereira) is still a flamenco player until the middle of this year, we had a contract with him, we liked the player, we have had a couple of conversations with Manchester United. All I can say is that Flamengo really likes this player and hopes to reuse him in the future."
But if United are unwilling to drastically reduce Pereira's transfer fee, the former Brazil international may have to return to Carrington this summer. It is reported that the old owner Eindhoven and Lyon of The Ligue 1 are also interested in introducing Xiao Pei. In 2011, Pereira joined Manchester United from Eindhoven, born in Belgium, trained in the Netherlands, and finally joined Brazil.
Pereira is likely not the only player united forced to return to the team after a failed rental this summer, and the loans of teammates such as Martial and Tuanzebi have also been unsuccessful and are afraid of being returned. Unable to conquer new owners and forced to return to Manchester United, these players will increase the club's redundancy and increase the workload of this summer's reconstruction.
Among them, Sevilla has also confirmed that it will not buy out Manchester United's demon king, and Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano confirmed: "Martial will return from Sevilla, and the Spaniard will not buy him out, or even intend to offer." United's new manager will have to decide whether to purge him or leave him at the club. United will discuss, but Sevilla have made it clear that Anthony Martial will not stay next season."