Due to a never-present present, the Atletico San Luis ahead, Italian Joao Pedro, was never on Cruz Azul's sensor as a player for the latest Clausura 2026 competition, the striker claimed on Thursday. A very good give from the Sky Blue that they were hoping would be forthcoming.

Simply put, the Cementeros ' management refused to break the bank and offered him a three-year contract worth almost$ 12 million as the desired player, in addition to a high buyout clause, making him choose to stay at Atletico San Luis.

This occurred on the eve of the conflict that Joao Pedro may face with the players who might have been his teammates if there had been a resolution between the two managers that would have benefited the player, who had just turned down an offer from Pisa of Serie A.

The scorer acknowledged that his contract with the La Noria team was not close to being finalized and that he had always wished to be with Atletico, which is why he turned down a move to Italy and will do so when his professional career stops.

The move window was still available when I rejected Pisa and then decided to stay at Atletico San Luis. they were held, but there was no consensus reached. He stated that he made no pressure on him; instead, I assured him that given how well things were going, it would have to be a very, very fine present.

The scorer acknowledged that while returning to Italy would have been unique, he had been more committed to Atletico San Luis, so he didn't think about signing with Cruz Azul unless he had received a very good present. " A very good sell didn't come," he said. We didn't come to an agreement, he said, which was almost like a typical situation.

As you may remember, Cruz Azul's administration was accused of not wanting to invest in the best player from the previous game after the potential filing of Joao Pedro dominated newspaper headlines for a week. along with Portuguese players Armando" Hormiga" Gonzalez from Chivas and Paulinho from Toluca, but ultimately there was no agreement and Joao Pedro made the decision to stay with the miners group. In the end, a deal was reached, yet putting aside an offer from America that had previously reached the Tigres scorer, who had previously played for Atletico San Luis, and Cruz Azul made the decision to concentrate his efforts on Nicolas Ibanez from Tigres.

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