Nicolás Lodeiro’s transfer from Botafogo to Corinthians has material in it for several episodes of a soap opera.
Corinthians had announced that Lodeiro had signed a four-year contract with them on May 29th this year. However red tape and paperwork delayed his move to such an extent that it was only last friday that he was finally cleared to play for them.
And just when everyone thought that all the problems were over and that he could finally play a soap dish fell on his leg and he had to be carted off to hospital….!