Flamengo is close to signing Saul Niguez from Atletico Madrid.

Romano mentioned on his official account on X platform that Saul was scheduled to join Trabzonspor in Turkey today, before the deal failed.

He added that the Spanish star has verbally agreed to move to Flamengo on a contract that extends for 3 years.

Romano pointed out that Flamengo's sporting director, Jose Boto, did a "massive job overnight" to convince the player to transfer, making the deal closer to completion in the coming hours.