**A club has had a €10m (£8.5m) bid “turned down” by Vasco Da Gama for Arsenal target Breno Sales, according to journalist Gustavo Tutinha.**
Posting on [his X account](https://x.com/gustavotutinha/status/2105352887723278677), Tutinha named the Gunners, Manchester City and Chelsea as potential suitors for the centre-back.
He didn’t reveal which club made the offer for Sales, but he claims that Vasco Da Gama are determined to hold on to one of their most talented young players.
Sales has not made his senior debut yet, but interest in the teenager is high after impressing for club and country at youth level.
What do Arsenal fans need to know about the player?
---------------------------------------------------
Sales can play either as a centre-half or left-back due to the fact that he is naturally left-footed. He actually started out as a forward before showing his talent as a defender.
The 16-year-old won the Under-17 Brazilian Cup with Vasco Da Gama last year, and he was also part of the squad that won the Brazilian Under-20 Championships, beating Palmeiras over two legs in the final last month.
At international level, Sales is in Brazil’s Under-17 squad, and he is expected to be part of the team that plays at the World Cup in November. If he performs well in the tournament, interest in him will further increase.
Sales can’t leave Brazil until 2028
-----------------------------------
The defender will turn 17 next month, and he has already signed a professional contract with Vasco Da Gama.
Due to UK visa rules and FIFA regulations, Arsenal and other Premier League clubs are prevented from signing any [**foreign player below the age of 18**](https://goonernews.com/blog/arsenal-transfer-news-ignacio-pereira-five-things-to-know/), so any transfer would have to wait until January 2028.
That is believed to be when his current deal with Vasco Da Gama expires anyway, so the Gunners are clearly lining up a move with that date in mind.