Overview
- In his first week in charge, Martín Anselmi asked Botafogo to explore moves for defender Willer Ditta and winger Rodolfo Rotondi from Cruz Azul.
- The coach’s suggestions were delivered to Botafogo’s sporting department as targets rather than formal offers to Cruz Azul.
- Anselmi seeks players who fit his three-center-back system with wingbacks that he previously used at Cruz Azul.
- Ditta and Rotondi are contracted regulars for Cruz Azul, with reported market values of about $5.5 million and $3 million respectively.
- Botafogo is serving a FIFA three-window registration ban over unpaid Thiago Almada fees, and the club says it expects to regularize the situation after announcing Lucas Villalba.