Cauly faces potential return to Bahia following São Paulo loan spell
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- Cauly failed to meet the performance criteria for a mandatory purchase clause.
- The midfielder has seen limited playing time during the second half of the season.
- A return to Bahia is expected at the end of the current campaign.
Midfielder Cauly may return to Bahia at the end of the season as his loan spell at São Paulo reaches its conclusion. According to reports from ge, the 31-year-old failed to trigger the mandatory purchase clause included in his loan agreement.
The contract, signed in February, stipulated that São Paulo would be required to purchase 50 percent of the player's economic rights for two million euros—approximately 12 million reais—had he reached a specific number of appearances. With the target now unreachable and the player seeing little action throughout the second half of the season, a permanent move to the São Paulo side is no longer expected.