Palmeiras has begun its preparation for the 2017 season. Brazilian champion, the cast alviverde follows with high moral, but still has several doubts about the waivers and renewals, besides possible negotiations since several players finish the year as highlights in the country.
The big question in recent days was in relation to the substitute Cuca who has already announced that he will not stay in the club next year. Eduardo Baptista appears as a favorite to fill the vacancy, being a new technician and rising after good works by Sport and Ponte Preta.

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Even without the definition of who will be the new captain, Palmeiras has already moved in the market and guaranteed the coming of at least three reinforcements for next year: the striker Keno who was one of the revelations of the Brasileirão 2016 acting for Santa Cruz; Raphael Veiga do Coritiba, who presents himself as a good bet in the midfield and Hyoran, who is in Chapecoense and also acts in the middle.

REINFORCEMENT

The most talked about names in recent days were Lucas Pratto and Gustavo Scarpa. The Argentine striker has been speculated behind the scenes of Palmeiras, but has a very high market value for Brazilian standards. For this, the sponsor and partner of the Verdad, Crefisa, would enter into the negotiation and provide both the value for the transfer, and the business model is very possible, given the situation of Lucas Barrios, similar to the business offered by Lucas Pratto. Already Gustavo Scarpa follows on the Palmeiras radar, after the Globoesporte.com confirm the interest and team of Torcedores.com confirm the poll situation. The shirt 10 was one of the most decisive players of the Brazilian Championship participating of almost half of the goals of Fluminense.

Two athletes of the champion of the Libertadores in 2016, Atletico Nacional, can have Palmeiras as their next destination. The midfielder Alejandro Guerra is negotiating with Verdão and has a situation aimed at getting the club right. Miguel Borja has his situation more complicated, because the values ​​requested by the Colombians are high.

RENOVATIONS AND CASTING

Alexandre Mattos has already stated that he should only begin to correct the situation of both Atletico Nacional players after the end of the Club World Cup. The leader is another case that is still pending after the presidential election.

Jailson announced on Wednesday (7) that he plans to stay at Palmeiras after the end of the year, when his contract expires. The flier Gabriel is another who has his contract at the end, but has not yet renewed, despite considering a hit with the probable alvverde.

Arouca did not participate in most of the Verdão games in the second half and should be traded. Atletico-MG has already shown interest in the athlete and may be the next destination of the former Santos. Roger Carvalho and Rodrigo were two other players who did not play for Palmeiras and will probably not be used in 2017.

Lucas Barrios is today Palmeiras' biggest salary and one of the most expensive players in the cast, but he still leaves a lot to be desired on the pitch. With few matches in 2016, the Paraguayan has a contract until the end of next year and tries to be negotiated by Verdão, something that could open space for the hiring of Lucas Pratto. Last week, the Lancenet announced that Fluminense could be behind the striker.

Another possible loss is the lateral Fabiano who must return to Cruzeiro at the request of Mano Menezes. Yerry Mina and Róger Guedes have aroused the interest of European football and can be negotiated in 2017.