FC Barcelona’s young striker Keirrison de Souza Carneiro (21) is ready to work hard in order to prevail on the European football stage. Barcelona’s 14 million euros signing does not want to let the big money move to Europe adversely influence his career.
Fiorentina striker and Barcelona loan-out, Keirrison (20), scored an injury time goal during La Viola’s match against S.S Lazio (1-1) yesterday, ensuring they come out with at least a point.
The Albiceleste took the lead on the 7th minute when defender Sebastiano Siviglia flicked a corner over Fiorentina goalkeeper Sebastian Frey to give the home side an early lead. Nevertheless, Fiorentina were the superior side throughout the match but lacked composure and couldn’t get the deserved goal.
Keirrison was introduced right after the break, replacing the disappointing Adam Ljajic, and although his presence didn’t have a great impact on the game, the Brazilian managed to score the equalizer after a fine assist by young star Stevan Jovetic, which saw Viola draw in the 92′ minute.
Brazilian striker Keirrison, 21, made a substitute appearance yesterday for his adopted side Fiorentina, where he is currently on loan from FC Barcelona. The striker has struggled to get much game time so far for the Violas, but today managed nearly twenty minutes for the club as he came off the bench in the 77th minute, replacing winger Marco Marchioni, in their match at home to Livorno.
It what was a hard-fought and scrappy game in which the visitors took initially the lead but the team from Florence eventually coming out as 2-1 winners.
This article is to keep track of our loan out player Keirrison, who currently plays for Fiorentina.
He also played half season (August 2009- January 2010) for Benfica.
| Minutes- | Goals- | Yellow cards |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
With Benfica:
| Minutes- | Goals- | Yellow cards |
|---|---|---|
| 316 | 0 | 0 |
AC Milan coach Leonardo revealed his club tried to sign Barcelona striker Keirrison (20) before being beaten by Fiorentina in the race.
The Brazilian forward joined the Viola on Monday on a two-year loan deal from the Primera Division giants.
“I am happy that Keirrison has arrived to Serie A,” said Leonardo.
“Not so much because he joins Fiorentina and my team could face him, but because I am strongly convinced of his potential.
“I know that Milan tried to sign him but I have no regrets. I have a strong team.
Barcelona official website has announced that FC Barcelona and Fiorentina have agreed a loan deal that will take Keirrison de Souza to the Italian side until the end of next season. The deal includes an option to buy for 14 million euros though Barça have reserved the right to recover him.
Keirrison will stay with Fiorentina until 30th June 2011 with a price tag of 14 million euros (the amount Barça paid this summer) if the Italians want to make the move permanent. However, Barça have retained the right to bring the player back to Barcelona.
Half a year with Benfica
Portuguese club SL Benfica have confirmed on their official website that they have reached an agreement with FC Barcelona over the termination of the one year loan deal of their Brazilian starlet Keirrison de Souza Carneiro (20).
Keirrison is thus free to sign for Fiorentina after he clears the medical test.
Barcelona’s Brazilian striker keirrison de Souza Carneiro (20), visited Fiorentina’s clinic on Monday afternoon for the customary Medical tests before making his impending loan move official.
The player will then sign a two year loan deal which will also include an option for Fiorentina to make the move permanent.
Watch a video of Keirrison’s Fiorentina medical after the jump
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Barcelona’s Brazilian striker Keirrison (20), spoke with Fiorentina’s official website over his impending loan move and expressed his views:
“Fiorentina have always been following me ever since I was playing in Coritiba. When my agent told me that there was a possibility of joining Fiorentina, I immediately said yes because I wanted to play for those who have always valued me. For me it is the best choice possible.”
“My Idols? Pele and Romario, but the former I could only see him on TV, while Romario I could view him live. I grew up seeing his matches and trying to be like him. Romario has scored some very beautiful goals, but his specialty was his first touch. His football was simple and so is mine. My quality? When I’m in the area I try not to think much, I try to finish the move as quickly as possible. As a kid, I worked a lot with my father on my technique and aerial ability and that is the reason I am where I am today.”
Serie A club Fiorentina has announced on its official website that they are negotiating with FC Barcelona over a move for their Brazilian striker Keirrison de Souza on a two season loan deal.
Florentina said the deal also includes a clause which would allow them make the transfer permanent after the loan deal expires. The negotiations will be formalized pending a medical test that will be carried out on Monday.
Barcelona must find a new club for striker Keirrison.
Currently on-loan at Benfica, Keirrison has failed to win over coach Jorge Jesus, who has insisted the Brazilian is not in his plans for the second-half of this season.
Barca management have been informed Keirrison cannot expect much playing time if he stays in Lisbon, which has forced the European giants to seek a new club for the former Palmeiras star before next week’s transfer deadline.
Portuguese sports publications ‘A Bola’ in a report today says FC Barcelona loaned-out striker Keirrison de Souza is ruling out a move to any another club, and is determined to wait out his contract with Benfica.
This was revealed by his agent, Malachi to the paper yesterday: “Keirrison wants to, and will stay at Benfica!”
After refusing to accept a possible loan move to Premiership side Liverpool a few weeks ago @ http://www.totalbarca.com/2009/news/keirrisons-agent-ruling-out-any-liverpool-move/, the agent is now also ruling out a move to neither Primera Liga clubs Real Zaragoza and Xerez, nor any other clubs.
According to Catalan sports paper Sport, FC Barcelona loaned-out striker Keirrison de Souza has now received a loan offer from another Spanish Primera Liga side, Xerez CD. The Liga bottom most team is desperately looking for a striker who can take them out of the relegation zone having managed to only score 6 goals after 16 rounds of matches. Even if the club already has 5 designated forwards, as of now only 2 has scored any goals, Perez Antonito (31) and Mario Bemejo (31) – 2 each.
Unable to break into Benfica’s forward line-up on a regular basis, Keirrison has only been managing to get a handful of matches – five league, one Cup and one in the Europa League, and has only started in one of them, without registering any goal.
Barcelona sports director, Txiki Begiristain, is about to decide on the future of Keirrison and Henrique. Keirrison, (21), who is on loan at Benfica, might make the jump to Real Zaragoza, while Henrique (23), currently at Racing Santander, might make a move to Brazilian club Corinthians, according to Catalan sports paper Sport.
This article is to keep track of our loan out player Keirrison, who now plays for Benfica.
| Minutes- | Goals- | Assists- | Yellow cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 316 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Portuguese sports newspaper ‘A Bola’ yesterday reported that Barcelona’s loan-out striker, Brazilian Keirrison de Souza (21) is one of the first transfer targets of new Real Zaragoza coach, Jose Aurelio Gay, to strengthen the Spanish Primera Liga side during the winter market.
Unable to break through the current forward line-up of SL Benfica – headed by Portuguese Liga top scorer Oscar Cardozo, and Javier Saviola (both of whom registering half of the club’s 38 goals tally so far), Keirrison has to further compete with veteran striker Nuno Gomez (3 goals), new summer signing Brazilian Weldon (1 goal), and even oft-injured but club favourite Mantorras.
The Blaugrana player’s fate is sealed when Benfica recently closed a deal to secure the services another Brazilian starlet, Alan Kardec, a 20-year-old striker from Vasco da Gama, while another Brazilian forward Éder Luís, could be following after Clube Atlético Mineiro confirmed they had agreed to a 2 million euros deal to sell the 24-year-old, who has travelled to Lisbon to undergo a medical.
In a statement he made to sports network ESPN, Naor Malachi, the agent of Barcelona’s loaned-out striker Keirrison de Souza (21), said any move by the player to English Premier League side Liverpool is “highly unlikely” because he believes that the Brazilian player would get even fewer minutes at the Anfield club than at Benfica.
“Keirrison is having a difficult time at Benfica because (strikers) Cardozo and Saviola have been performing well. Even though he’s still young when he arrived at the club, he expected a lot more playing opportunities. I don’t think moving to Liverpool is going to change that because Liverpool is a very big club with very good strikers. The situation will just repeat itself.”
Malachi is also convinced that the player’s owner club will never agree to any such move: “Nor do I believe that Barcelona will agree to it. They want a club that can give Keirrison opportunities to play, and I have to say Liverpool is not that club.”
While it is widely reported that FC Barcelona has no objection to any future move made by Keirrison (21), news coming out of Portugal has now accelerated that rumours.
Portuguese news agency, ‘Lusa’ yesterday claimed that Benfica, the club where the Brazilian is loaned-out to, is interested in signing another Brazilian striker, Alan Kardec (20), of Vasco da Gama – currently playing for Internacional de Porto Alegre on loan – which the report believed will facilitate the early departure of Keirrison.
And according to Portuguese sports daily ‘A Bola’, the deal is about to be concluded pending “a few bureaucratic details”.
Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo today reports that Greek side Olympiacos, one of the Catalan side’s possible rivals in the Champions League second round, is interested in Benfica’s out-of-favour loaned-out Barcelona player, Keirrison (21). The club is currently managed by former Brazilian hero, Zico.
FC Barcelona has no objection to any move Keirrison might make in the future, provided it does not represent any financial loss to the club.
Reports in both Portugal and Brazil claim that Barcelona loan-out and Benfica forward Keirrison (21) might move to Liverpool in a six months loan deal. Barcelona’s summer move for the Brazilian disappointed Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez who had been tracking the youngster for some time and had failed with a move in the last January transfer window. Keirrison’s loan move to Benfica was supposed to allow the player to get used to the European style of play but the young Brazilian’s chances in the first team have been limited. Barcelona are reportedly unhappy at their striker’s lack of playing action at Benfica and are willing to loan him to another club in Europe or back to Brazil where several clubs are targeting the player.
Keirrison has enjoyed a prolific record in Brazilian league, where he has played with Coritiba and Palmeiras and was the best scorer in the year 2008. His record in his homeland speaks for itself so it’s of no surprise that a number of European clubs had been alerted to his talent. Despite Keirrison’s young age he has already shown just how prolific he can be. Last season alone he has scored an impressive 20 goals in just 31 league appearances, 30 from starting lineup. This is a remarkable feat since this was only his second league season after scoring 12 goals in 32 league appearances in his first campaign. Few youngsters in world football have boasted such an impressive strike rate as 37 goals in 70 league appearances.
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