Oscar, as a superstar left over from the current golden yuan football era, will be the focus of fans' attention in the 2024 season. After Fellaini left, Oscar became the only one of all Super League players. Although Oscar is no longer so amazing at the data level, his role is no longer simply reflected through data stacking, and his driving effect on his teammates around him is also unparalleled, and Oscar's elegance when playing football also makes fans feel the charm of football.
However, Brazilian media have stated that Oscar will leave the port and return to Brazil to join Flamengo when his contract with Seaport expires. Oscar's agent has met with Flamengo on behalf of the player and reached a verbal agreement, which has announced Oscar's departure from the club, and the Brazilian star will leave the club in November 2024 when his contract with the port expires and return to Brazil to join Flamengo. However, this is not all the case, at least Oscar's whereabouts are still uncertain, and even if his contract expires, he may stay at Shanghai Port.
There is no problem with Oscar's agent reaching a verbal agreement with Flamengo, but it is more of a gentleman's agreement that if Oscar returns to Brazil, he will not go to other teams, he will only join Flamengo. So this agreement only says that Oscar will join Flamengo if he returns to Brazil, not definitely join Flamengo after the end of his contract with the seaport. Besides, it is not certain that he will not return to Brazil. The 32-year-old has not been affected by age, and his skills and awareness are still top-notch, so even if his contract expires, he could also move to West Asia or Europe.
There is also another possibility to stay in Shanghai and renew his contract with Harbour, which of course requires him to take a significant pay cut. Since the current contract with an annual salary of more than 10 million euros was signed before the salary limit policy, if he agrees to stay, he can only get an annual salary of 3 million euros at most, which is too different from the original contract. Looking at world football, I am afraid that the only team that can give Oscar more than 3 million euros is the Saudi tycoon team. So it depends on whether Oscar cares more about money or the environment, after making enough money and getting familiar with domestic life, Shanghai is still very attractive to him.
At present, the Harbour has not made a big move, but the new coach Muscat has been confirmed, Pinco has been abandoned, and the whereabouts of Caron and Joao are also uncertain. If the club doesn't want to make too many changes and thinks that the existing squad is sufficient, then they will have enough energy to negotiate with Oscar, who will also have a year to think about his future plans. In addition, there is also a possibility that the contract between Taishan and Fellaini may be modeled on the original Taishan and Fellaini, the two parties agree on the total contract amount, and then calculate the contract period according to 3 million euros per year, and then the player leaves the team early, and the team will pay the remaining salary as compensation.