Thiago Heleno completes 50 days away

The polls were revealed by the former goalkeeper Wilsonno Coritiba and who currently works as a football manager at Figueirense. He revealed that he sought the red-black defender, who defended the Santa Catarina team in 2015.

“There is nothing to talk about the athlete who is, the story he has here, how much the fans would like to have him back, and me too. I talked to him, I called him last week to understand the situation,” he told Santa Catarina radios.

“At the moment it is a very difficult thing and I did not make a proposal, as came out. It did not arrive at this level. An initial conversation to understand the situation. For the conversation, it seems very difficult to be able to bring it right now,” he admitted.

Wilson made it clear that Thiago Heleno’s high salary in Athletico prevents the defender from making a hit with any other club. Faced with the reality of Figueirense, who will compete in Serie C, any deal with the player is distant.

“It’s an athlete who has a very high salary and passed me who had standard B surroundings and even Serial A, and ended up not getting it right for his salary. He didn’t go to a Serial A team still for the high salary. We could hardly bring him that way. But he would keep talking to Athletico, solving his situation there and would again answer. It’s a quick thing, “added Wilson.

Hero in Sula in 2018 refused salary reduction of Athletico

In addition to converting the decisive penalty kick in winning the 2018 South American Cup, Athletic’s first continental title, Thiago Heleno is still the second player with the most games for the club. He has 380 matches with the red-black shirt, behind only former defender Alfredo Gottardi Júnior, who played 426 games for the hurricane.

The club renewed a contract with the defender in July 2024, the year of relegation to Serie B. After the fall, which also defined the loss of revenue, the club offered a new agreement, with a lower salary to Thiago Heleno, which refused.

The negative of the athlete dismissed the relationship with the red-black board. Without having something to do, the hurricane kept the deal in force, but put the player in the refrigerator to try to force the exit.

The same happened with striker Pablo, who even accepted Athletico’s proposal for renewal. However, President Mario Celso Petraglia intervened in the process and removed the offer, according to information from columnist Augusto Mafuz.

After that, the club determined that the striker would train separately from the cast, as well as defender Thiago Heleno. Without being used, Pablo eventually accepted a Sport offer and said goodbye to Athletico. The striker scored two goals in the debut for the lion and adds four goals in six games for the new club.

Athletico technician dismissed Thiago Heleno’s reintegration

The determination of the defender’s removal was made in December. Thiago Heleno went to the cashew CT for presentation at the beginning of the preseason, but was dismissed from the activities.

In late January, coach Maurício Barbieri stated that there was no possibility of reintegration of the defender to the main cast of Athletico.

“From the moment I arrived, it was passed to me that it was already determined that they were not part of the group. I never sat down to talk anything that was the opposite.”

“I still have the same determination, which was established before my arrival. So at that moment there is no reason to think of any kind of reintegration or count on them in the cast,” said Barbieri.