Prodigious assailants line up and leave fluminense Youth Academy in Xerém as black taxis at a taxi station in central London. In recent years, the Rio de Janeiro club sold Richarlison and Joel Pedro to Watford, Pedro to Fiorentina and recently charged 10 million euros. Portuguese Porto for Evanilson’s move.
Reports have now emerged that flu striker Marcos Paulo, 19, who has a clause of forty-five million euros in his contract, is attracting interest from Arsenal, West Ham, Leeds United, Watford and Southampton.
The first thing to note is that despite this astronomical clause, a Marcos Paulo resolution would make sense at the moment, whether in terms of finance and bureaucracy.
Fluminense is known to have giant debts, so he is so forced to sell to his most productive young players. In April, the club’s president, Bittencourt, admitted that Marcos Paulo could be next.
“One of the few profit resources for the club today is the sale of players,” Bittencourt told Esporte Interativo. “Without the pandemic that is already the case, with the pandemic even more.
“There is nothing concrete about Marcos Paulo, however, it has aroused much interest. Among the players we have, the logic is that it is subject to the most productive gifts and that it will come out in the middle or in the goal of the year.
Due to the desire to sell the flu, it is unlikely that the buying club will have to have the termination clause bring Marcos Paulo. An offer of 7 million euros from CSKA Moscow rejected in February, but an offer in the diversity of 10 to 10 million euros. Maybe 15 million will be enough to keep him away.
In addition, Marcos Paulo has a passport of young Portuguese and foreign, which means that he would not be subject to visa restrictions. Although born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, the 19-year-old received Portuguese citizenship through his maternal grandfather.
The following topics to face are the qualities and characteristics of Marcos Paulo as a player.
As his predecessor Richarlison, Marcos is a striker who can play from the left or from the centre, playing the role of centre forward for the young Fluminenses and the Portuguese under-19 team, with which he participated in the 2019 Toulon tournament, betting twice and scoring once when Portugal beat the protective champion England.
However, after breaking into Fluminense’s senior team last year, he was transferred to the band. In his first league appearance last season, he had two assists in an 11-minute cameo, combining perfectly with Joel Pedro of Watford, now from Watford, to secure. a 4-1 win for his team.
He then came in and out of the look for a few months, before he was presented with a more normal streak in the year Marco succeeded Oswaldo de Oliveira as head coach. Between Last October and early December, Marcos Paulo started 10 games, recording 4 goals and two assists.
Although in terms of position, Marcos Paulo has much in common with Richarlison, the two are stylistically distinct, the former being less a natural speed trader. Mark Paulo has more ability to steer the ball in tight spaces, to fall deeply and create, and chances are he’ll supply the balls and cross centers like the one running over them.
This year, he had a good performance when Fluminense won the Barca Rio. In the last Flamengo backst, the protector of the Copa Libertadores, the young man controlled graffiti functionality and gave Gilberto a hand in a 1–1 draw that the Habs won on penalties.
Since the start of the Serie A national crusade in August, Marcos Paulo has been moved from left-back to center- to center-back, due to the sale of Evanlison and an injury from veteran striker Fred, and has struggled, but the central attack role is harder to play at the senior checkpoint and a safe era of adaptation is expected.
So it is not the finished article and there is a threat that young South Americans will fight in Europe, however, given what already showed the prize discussed in the Brazilian media, the possible praise would possibly be too wonderful for a Premier League. Resist.
The highest likely destination now appears to be West Ham, and TeamTalk reports that the East London club is leading the way for their signing, but Arsenal and Watford would also look like smart candidates.
Arsenal have a multitude of Brazilians in development and with the persuasive strength of technical director Edu Gaspar, it can be attractive. Given the festival for this left-wing role in the most sensitive 3 by Gabriel Martinelli and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, however, the player I think Watford would give him a better chance of playing regularly.
The Hornets have a strong relationship with Fluminense as they signed Richarlison and Joel Pedro, and partnering with him in Hertfordshire can be tempting, as he and Marcos Paulo meet others in the youth ranks.
Leeds and Southampton are also interested and past rumors linking him to Olympique de Marseille, Lyon and AC Milan, in fact, have several options.
I write about a variety of topics, but I specialize in English, European and South American football. For Forbes, I write basically about two groups from my hometown, Tottenham.
I write about a variety of topics, but I specialize in English, European and South American football. For Forbes, I write basically about two groups from my hometown, Tottenham and Arsenal. Elsewhere, I have had reports, interviews and articles published in English and Portuguese through The Guardian, UOL Esporte, The Blizzard, GiveMeSport, Planet Football and Trivela. I am the founding editor of Yellow and Green Football, an online page committed to Brazilian football.