Carlinhos Bala Is Unlikely to Return

Sportnet is reporting that Carlinhos Bala is almost certainly not going to play for Sport in 2009. Sport will still discuss with Cruzeiro the possibility of reducing the player's salary for 2009, but Cruzeiro is unlikely to be willing to pay a part. Sport is unwilling to pay his R$83,000 monthly salary in full, nor is Sport willing to pay a high fee to renew his loan. He has declared his desire to continue playing for Sport, but he has also said, in a local radio interview, that he would not accept a pay cut to stay with Sport.