Vozinha, the Cape Verde goalkeeper, is free to move on after his contract with Chaves ended on June 30. He now reaches Argentina without a club tie, a change that lands in the middle of Cabo Verde's tournament run.
Dante Elizalde said Vozinha is 40 years old and left Chaves open to two paths: a return or a better fit elsewhere. In his words, "Él está libre, su contrato terminó el 30 de junio y estaremos felices de recibirlo si decide volver y si no encontrar una nueva realidad que le genere los ingresos que merece por una gran carrera y una gran vida".
Dante Elizalde on Vozinha
Elizalde also made the balance plain. "Nada, para nada. Él tendrá siempre las puertas abiertas, pero lo que hemos comentado con él es que busque lo que a sus intereses convenga y si resulta un buen contrato con otro equipo, nosotros estaremos felices de que lo logre," he said. That leaves Vozinha with flexibility after June 30, but no fixed club route attached to his World Cup moment.
Elizalde was even sharper about the timing of the tournament itself. "Es un profesional en toda la extensión de la palabra, se merece todo lo que le está sucediendo y creo que tiene un gran sueño que cumplir porque él siempre aspiró a enfrentar en esta Copa Mundial a Argentina," he said. Vozinha had already been a figure in Cabo Verde's draw against España, and Elizalde called him one of the reasons Cabo Verde became one of the tournament's revelations.
Cabo Verde and Spain
The picture around him is bigger than one contract date. Elizalde said Cabo Verde's players are formed in Europe and compete in major European leagues, and he framed the group as capable of beating Argentina in the Copa Mundial. He also described Vozinha as a worker, leader, and teammate with strong personal qualities.
That leaves the immediate next step clear and the longer one open. Vozinha goes into Argentina as a 40-year-old free agent, and the club question after the tournament sits exactly where the contract ended: on his side of the decision.
