Alexandre Pato will have to pay €25million, according
to a Corinthians official.
Corinthians have raised their asking price for Alexandre Pato to
€25million following his impressive displays on loan at Sao
Paulo.
The Brazilian giants repatriated the striker - who has scored 10
goals in 27 appearances for the national team - from AC Milan
in 2013 for a fee of €15m.
However, Pato struggled to make a positive impact
at Corinthians and was sent on loan to rivals Sao Paulo in 2014
until the end of the following year, subsequently delivering a
string of positive performances.
Corinthians are currently in financial turmoil and had
previously been looking for a fee in the region of €10m for the
striker, but the club's the deputy director of football, Eduardo
Ferreira, has now raised the price.
"At the moment there are only enquiries. But if a club comes in
with an offer of €25m, we will let him go, otherwise he will return
[in January]," he is quoted as saying by Globo Esporte.
The club are keen to cash in on Pato's recent upturn in form,
with the higher valuation taking into account the fact that the
player owns 40 per cent of his own economic rights.
In September, the striker revealed that Manchester United had
tried to purchase him before the Premier League transfer
deadline.
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