Rewa expects to confirm signing of Brazilian striker

Since January Oceania Football Center follows the situation of the possible signing of the Brazilian striker Matheus Medeiros to Rewa – a move that could be of one of the most important transfers in the past years in Oceania football. It is known Rewa applied for his transfer alongisde Fiji FA before the start of the current season in Fiji, but an agreement was not finalised between both parties. The talks continued in February between Rewa and Medeiros’ agency, but an agreement was only reached in May, when the COVID-19 was already a worldwide issue.

Rewa needed one mid-season transfer window to confirm the striker signing – something that the Fijian FA confirmed recently – but now there is one more barrier between Rewa and their potential star player: governments restrictions due COVID-19. According to Rewa’s chairman Nazeel Buksh, Rewa and the players’ agency is in direct contact, but Fiji borders are not opened for Brazilian citizens at the moment. Fiji government is only allowing the entrance of citizens coming from countries that the outbreak had been already controlled – something that is not the case of Brazil, the 2nd country that most recorded people infected (1M) and also deaths (50.000) from COVID-19 according data obtained through Brazilian government official media.

Unfortunately for Rewa, the club will have to wait for the green light from the Fijian government to confirm the signature of the 23-year-old center-forward. Matheus Medeiros was born in Rio de Janeiro-RJ and is 183 cm tall. His last club was CSA Steaua from Romania – that he left at the end of 2019. The attacker also played in professional football in Moldova and in his country.