Overview
- Leite returned to on-pitch group work after weeks of individual sessions, taking part for roughly 45 minutes and skipping the high-load 10v10 drill.
- His limited reintegration followed an end-of-July setback during a friendly that preceded a period of solo preparation to keep a potential move alive.
- Transfer routes remain open to Saudi Arabia until September 11, Turkey until September 12, and Portugal until September 16.
- Kicker, as cited by TAG24, reported prior offers of about €9 million from Bologna and Fiorentina, with his contract expiring at season’s end and pressure mounting to avoid a free exit.
- Kicker also reports the defender now leans toward staying at least until winter, raising parallels drawn in local coverage to Sheraldo Becker’s low-fee departure after a prolonged saga.