According to A Bola, Alverca officialised the loan of Léo Chú to Avaí on Tuesday. The winger will stay in Brazil's Série B, where he was already playing for Athletic-MG, but is now at a new club.

According to A Bola, Alverca has agreed to loan the 26-year-old winger Léo Chú to Avaí, a club that plays in Brazil’s Série B. The player is already in Brazil, as he had been on loan at Athletic-MG. He will now change clubs, again as a loan player, and is expected to be officially announced very soon.

Brazilian winger Léo Chú, 26, is in the process of arranging a deal to join Avaí for their Série B campaign. The move is subsequent to the termination of his loan contract with Athletic, where he made four appearances this season in Série B and the Copa do Brasil. Alverca in Portugal is Chú's parent club, for which he has not played; his contract there is valid until June 2028. His prior experience includes a four-season period in the United States, during which he won the Concacaf Champions League with the Seattle Sounders and also made four appearances during a short spell with FC Dallas. The attacker is a product of Grêmio's youth academy, has one cap for Brazil at the U17 level, and has also played for Ceará, with whom he won the Copa do Nordeste. According to Transfermarkt, his current market value is €1.00m.