How to find the right club for your player

Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas won the Brazilian Serie A and the CONMEBOL Libertadores, the biggest club competition in South America, in an historic 2024 season.

Understandably, it meant that minutes for one of their bright young talents, Matheus Nascimento, were limited. 

As a result, the club, led by ownership group Eagle Football Holdings Ltd and their Director of Player Trading, Deive Bandeira (pictured below), decided it was the right time to find a next move for the 20-year-old striker.

And when they decided that Major League Soccer, the United States and Canada’s elite competition, would be the right fit for his next step, Bandeira used TransferRoom to gauge potential interest.

TransferRoom is world football’s only transfer marketplace, and its online platform is used by over 800 clubs and 550 verified Trusted Agencies. They can connect and pitch players to each other directly, and maximise their transfer market success with real-time market intelligence, data insights and access to the decision-makers in one reliable source.

The feature that Botafogo turned to was Plus Pitch, which allowed them to pitch Nascimento to multiple clubs of their choice, drive interest in the striker and quickly understand who would be interested. The result: LA Galaxy signed Nascimento on loan with a view to a permanent transfer.

Bandeira said: "Matheus Nascimento is a very talented player who needs the perfect environment to develop with experience at the top level.

"The club, player and agent were convinced that MLS was a good route for him. We felt there would be potential interest and he could perform well there.

"When we decided we would target MLS clubs for a loan with an option to buy, we used TransferRoom's Plus Pitch feature to help with the deal.

"Plus Pitch allowed us to pitch him to multiple clubs of our choice and to get a quick idea of who likes the player. We had some interest from that Plus Pitch and in the end we decided on LA Galaxy."

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