Santos confirm sale of defender Luan Peres to Marseille
Xinhua
18 Jul 2021, 10:44 GMT+10
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Marseille have completed the signing of center-back Luan Peres from Santos, the Brazilian Serie A club said on Saturday.
Peres, who will turn 27 on Monday, will be tied to the French Ligue 1 side until June 2025 in a deal reportedly worth more than four million US dollars.
"We knew that 2021 would be a year that would hurt [us]," Santos president Andres Rueda said in a statement, referring to the club's difficult financial plight.
"It is very painful to announce that we will lose Luan [but], unfortunately it was a decision we needed to make."