Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reiterated recently his preoccupation about the exodus of football talents, saying that a new law is under discussion to brake this trend.
In an interview published Sunday by the daily O Estado de Sao Paulo, Lula pointed out that the law prepared by football legend Pele, which allows players above 18 years old to choose clubs, should be revised.
"It's absurd : in Brazil, you could not find a player under 20 years, nor a player above 30 years ... because players under 20 years go to those great clubs in Europe and players above 30 years choose Japan as destination", said Lula.
"Kaka is a good example. Sao Paulo sold him for just 8 million reals (4 million US dollars), but today he is worth 100 million reals (50 million US dollars). Ronaldinho was another case. He was sold at just 3 million reals (1.5 million US dollars). It's necessary that we watch over these cases," he added.
Since several months, Lula has been calling for a new law that will help detain players of good level in the Brazilian Championship and stop the exodus to foreign countries.
Actually, about 800 football players leave Brazil for other championships, but just a few with a multi-million contract.
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