Zoo
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Defo looks like he can put in a tackle.This is the ‘Casemiro understudy’ player everyone wants I think.
Looks like Lindelof’s little brother
Doesn't seem like Benfica's style lately to sell an 18 year old kid for 'prospect' prices if they think they can just give him a full season or two in the team and flog him for £80m.
I don't know this kid, but if Mainoo, who's regarded as one of our brightest academy prospects, getting maybe crumbs, this boy ain't getting any call up to the senior team.
I hope our 8/10 options for next season are Bruno, Eriksen, Mount, Mainoo. Then we should get someone as Casemiro understudy. Clear out VDB, Mctominay, Fred.Id say we eventually see him as a box to box 8. He was an attacking player in his earlier youth days. Hopefully he gets a fair shake in preseason and then is either loaned out or given adequate minutes to develop on the fringes in the cups and late on in games or a proper run due to injuries and so on. Either way we still badly need an understudy 6. I personally think we should be looking in the South American market for another slightly crazy/intense player. A really aggressive 6 can set the tone for the rest of the team and deflate the opposition.
A Bola
Benfica As interest grows, Benfica will put a 100 million release clause on their newest jewel João Neves. He will sign a new contract after U21 EURO. Neves is being followed by Bayern and Wolves. Rafa is asking for a 10M signing bonus. To renew he is asking for a 3.5M salary. SportingCP will get 8.8M in the transfer of Tiago Tomas, who will sign for 4 years with Wolfsburg. Pote is being eyed by Inter.
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Looks class - get it done so we're not on here in a few years posting about how we should have signed him when we had the chance.
*joins Brighton on 1 August.
Supposedly, but he'll be playing England 21s on Saturday, so I'm going to tune in to see how he does against the likes of Ramsey. He's 18 as well.The source is hit and miss at best but I literally know nothing about this kid. Is he a legit talent?