Fluminens midfielder and chance for Africans brings back São Paulo's old problem: limit for foreigners
São Paulo made the signing of midfielder Michel Araujo official this Thursday afternoon (30). The Uruguayan, on loan from Fluminense until the end of 2024, will once again create a precedent within the Morumbi club that generated controversy within coach Rogério Ceni's team at the beginning of the year: limited to foreigners. Ok, the CBF responded to Tricolor's request by increasing it to seven instead of the usual five foreigners allowed to participate in Campeonato Paulista games. But despite this, São Paulo surpasses this number. Related São Paulo São Paulo officially recruits Uruguayan midfielder from Fluminense on loan São Paulo 03/30/2023 Offer! Biz Exclusive L!Biz: discover the companies most present in the uniforms of Brazilian clubs Lance! Biz 03/30/2023 São Paulo São Paulo composition: La Ceni keeps three defenders, but is experimenting to debut in the South American São Paulo 03/30/2023 + The window for foreign names closes on Tuesday! See 15 Brazilian players without a place abroad The São Paulo professional team currently has nine foreigners: in addition to Araujo, the club has Argentines Alan Franco, Calleri and Galoppo, Ecuadorians Méndez and Arboleda, Venezuelan Ferraresi, Uruguayan Gabriel Neves and the Colombian. Orejuela. Well, once again, two names on the list are seriously injured and should only return, at least, in the second half of the year: Ferraresi and Galoppo. That would leave the seven released on the list. But... Since the end of last year, São Paulo has been recruiting a legion of Africans for its youth teams. Nigerian Azeez Balogun, Ghanaian King Faisal and Senegalese Etienne Clauvis and Iba Ily arrived to play for the under-20s. And some of them should have their chance with Ceni. According to LANCE! discovered, the closest to being promoted is Ily. The attacking midfielder impressed the coach by playing in a position that was missing from the squad during the juniors' training game against the professionals, in Cotia (SP), last week. The tendency is that he will soon be promoted to train at Barra Funda. It helps the player that French is his mother tongue, the same language as Charles Hembert, a native of the European country and Ceni's main assistant. These are factors that lead the technical committee to believe in rapid adaptation. At least initially, CENI will not need to think about the rotation of foreigners. As for the resumption of the season, at 9pm (Brasília time) next Thursday (4/6), against Tigre, in Argentina, for the Copa Sudamericana, the limitation of foreigners does not exist in competitions organized by Conmebol. + Check games, classification and simulate Brasileirão-23 results in the LANCE table! + Check the games, classification and simulate the results of the Copa Sudamericana-23 in the LANCE table! Follow Lance! on G o o g l e News Most read 1 Off the field Vini Jr.'s attitude with Mbappé for Real Madrid draws attention on the web 2 Off the field Brasileirão: see the title chances after Botafogo's draw and Palmeiras' victory 3 Off the field fans of Botafogo chooses culprit for partial defeat: 'This requires failure' 4 Play! Biz How much did Rayssa Leal earn for winning the SLS stage in Tokyo? 5 Flamengo Flamengo's stadium will have a capacity for 78 thousand people and is inspired by the European ones; see the images from Lance's Newsletter! Stay up to date on sports and your favorite team with just 1 minute of reading! Subscribe The best in sport in the morning! Article More news Stay up to date with everything! See more São Paulo André Silva is in a good phase, scores decisive goals and becomes a shadow for Calleri 11/25/2024 - 07:45 São Paulo William Gomes returns to the game and should have more minutes for São Paulo in 2025 11 / 24 /2024 - 08 :15 São Paulo Zubeldía is the one who receives the most cards among the entire São Paulo team 11/24/2024 - 06:15 São Paulo Lucas Moura talks about São Paulo's 'power of reaction' in a tough match against Atlético-MG 11/24/2024 - 01:34 São Paulo Zubeldía celebrates his place in the Libertadores and salutes São Paulo's reaction at home 11/24/ 2024 - 01h13 São Paulo São Paulo expands quickly and ends four seasons without beating Atlético-MG 11/24/2024 - 00:26 São Paulo Atlético-MG opens up an advantage, but São Paulo equalizes and guarantees its place in the Libertadores 11/23/2024 - 23:34 São Paulo São Paulo fans go crazy with Lucas Moura's pass: 'Extraordinary' 11/23/2024 - 22:36 Related São Paulo São Paulo officially signs Uruguayan midfielder from Fluminense on loan São Paulo 03/30/2023 Offer! Biz Exclusive L!Biz: discover the companies most present in Brazilian club uniforms Lance! Biz 03/30/2023 São Paulo São Paulo composition: La Ceni keeps three defenders, but is experimenting to be a starter in the South American São Paulo 03/30/2023