São Paulo is one of the biggest clubs in the Brasileirão, see how this team has been preparing for the 2023 season.

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With a large number of runners-up in the last year, the São Paulo tricolor is looking for reinforcements to end the fast.

See the main moves the club has been making in the last few days of the transfer window.

São Paulo had a good season in 2022, however, the club was far from what it planned.

He finished ninth in the Brazilian championship and ended up being runner-up in two competitions. And on top of that, he was left without a place for the Libertadores.

Even though he had a good campaign in the Brasileirão, if he had a little more consistency he would have at least won a place in the Libertadores.

The absence in this competition has a direct impact on the club's finances, which no longer earns money from the competition, one of the championships with the biggest prizes.

However, they presented a great campaign when it comes to knockout competitions.

He even had the chance to win an international title after 12 years of starvation, but he let his chances slip through his fingers.

Losing to Independiente del Valle by the score of 2 x 0, and being left without the cup.

Even with a good team, important pieces were missing for São Paulo to be able to get going and have a good winning streak.

All these reasons made the board look for changes.

To the delight of the fans, the board started to move early and proposed major changes to this team for 2023.

Find out more about the players, and all the changes that have already happened and are about to happen to the team.

São Paulo returned to training this Monday, January 2nd, with many changes to the squad.

However, the São Paulo club is looking to strengthen itself even further for the start of its season, which takes place on January 15th.

Stay with us and check out all the changes that took place in the team in this transfer window.

For some new players to arrive, others had to leave, see who left the tricolor team.

Nikão and Léo still participated in the first phase of training after the end of year holidays, however, they ended up leaving São Paulo.

Midfielder Nikão did not perform well at the club, his stay was marked by injuries that hampered his performance, he arrived on loan at Cruzeiro, and has already started training at the new club.

Reinaldo said goodbye to the club, the player is leaving for Grêmio. The great defender Miranda didn't have many opportunities to be a protagonist, which is why he also left the team.

Another to leave the squad was defender Léo, who now defends the hill giant, who is back in series A.

The great star Éder, who was unable to shine in this team, also left the team, dissatisfied.

Finally, players Marcos Guilherme, Andés Colorado, Nahuel Bastos, Thiago Couto and Luizão are also leaving the team.

With the squad's disbandment and attempted renewal, the São Paulo tricolor needed to renew the team with new signings, check out who arrives.

Firstly, the reinforcement was in attack, with the arrival of striker Pedrinho, who previously played for América-MG and was playing in Russia.

Reinforcement also comes in goal, goalkeeper Rafael arrived to play for the club for three seasons.

Wellington Rato also arrives at the club, he played for Atlético -GO, which fell to series B, but the athlete caught the attention of São Paulo and will now defend the club.

One of the São Paulo club's biggest signings was striker Marcos Paulo, who arrived on loan from Atlético de Madrid, with pre-established conditions for the purchase.

Furthermore, players Alan Franco from Atlanta United, David from Internacional, Jair who played for Atlético MG and Jhegson Méndez are still in São Paulo's sights.

To the happiness of those from São Paulo, experienced full-back Rafinha renewed his contract with the club and will form part of this new São Paulo team.

The club's top scorer Calleri will also join this team in an attempt to regain the club's greatness.

This player was one of the team's main athletes in 2022, with 25 goals in 63 matches.

Gabriel Neves also renewed with the São Paulo tricolor, this time for three years, he is one of the pieces to help the team.

The club will also be able to count on Giuliano Galoppo, after Calleri, one of the biggest names on this team.

São Paulo's objectives for 2023 begin with the State Championship, which begins on January 15th, against Ituano.

Until the start of the Brasileirão, in April, this will be the only competition that the São Paulo club will participate in.

However, as its main objective, São Paulo will seek a good ranking in the table to at least secure a place in the Copa Libertadores da América next season.

Since the team was left out of this edition, it is the second year in a row without major prizes in this competition, and the club's coffers suffered directly from a reduction in funds.

Therefore, the focus on transfers was on cheaper loans and signings, the club is already planning to cut expenses.

São Paulo will compete, in 2023, in the Brasileirão, the Copa do Brasil and the Copa Sul Americana to try to redeem themselves from the 2022 runners-up.

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