‘Santos FC begins negotiations to sign Byron Castillo’, reports Globo Esporte

Santos opened negotiations with Barcelona SC to sign right-back Byron Castillo, the Brazilian media reported on Thursday. Sport Balloonafter the coach of the FishFabián Bustos, spoke about his former pupil at a press conference.

According to the publication of Sport Balloonthe 23-year-old winger “is a request” from Bustos to reinforce the squad.

“The first proposal from Santos was for 50% of the economic rights of the athlete. But Barcelona did not accept: they are only willing to negotiate from 70%. Faced with the first refusal, the Santos board will discuss, after a conversation with Bustos, whether to increase the offer, ”says the media website.

With Castillo, another request from the bull Bustos would be the return of midfielder Alison, who is in the ranks of Al-Hazem, from Saudi Arabia.

“(With Castillo) I worked for two years at Barcelona SC. He got the title, was champion of Ecuadorian soccer and came to the Ecuadorian team to play the tie; he possibly he will play the World Cup. He is a good player”, Bustos referred.

information that develops Sport Balloon indicates that Barcelona SC asks for around 3.5 million dollars (about 17.8 million reais) for the side. A value that in Vila Belmiro has been considered high, for which “Santos seeks to negotiate this value.”

mentions Sport Balloon that “a point in favor” of Santos “is the elimination of the Ecuadorian squad in the Copa Libertadores in the third stage of the competition against America-MG.”

Byron Castillo is considered “a very important asset” by Barcelona SC, which has priced the player at 5 million dollars. At the beginning of the season, the president of the canaries announced that from that figure on, his board of directors will listen to offers. Before they rejected offers from teams from the MX League of Mexico. (D)