TORINO – Not only the maxi (and sensational) exchange between Juventus and Barcelona that he sees Miralem Pjanic e Arthur Melo protagonists. In the black and white pot there are several things in the boiling phase including, having reached the right degree of cooking, there is also the baby exchange – in this case by Juventus and Manchester City – which involves two young players: the Spanish Pablo Moreno (born in 2002, departing from Turin) and Portuguese Felix Correia, which is coming to Turin. Or rather, that has already arrived in Turin. “I’m happy to be here,” the first words he said once he arrived in Italy.
Even Correia, born in 2001, yesterday in fact went to the Piedmontese capital (after stopping in Lyon) together with his agent and underwent the ritual visits to J Medical in the morning. Other tests are scheduled for today. Afterwards, if there are no hitches, he can formalize his transfer. “Felix is thrilled,” said the agent Eduardo Mourinho to Maisfutebol – and believes he can succeed in Italian football. Juventus have been following him for at least two years ».
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Correia grew up in Sporting Lisbon from a very young age, needless to say with the myth of Cristiano Ronaldo: he too produced the youth of the Lusitanian club. At the same time he made the draw in the youth selection of Portugal: from Under 15 to Under 19.
Offensive outside, he mostly plays in the right lane but he can also change on the opposite side: he has excellent technique, dribbling, speed. In many observers and experts, to give an idea, they approached his compatriot Nani. Manchester City bought it from Sporting in 2019 by paying it 3.5 million euros plus the commitment to pay 10% of the sum obtained from a future sale to the Portuguese coffers. Arguably, in the absence of a contract expiring in 2020 (ergo the concrete risk of a free transfer at parameter), Sporting would have done without giving up the player so soon.
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City then shot Correia at AZ Alkmaar, for the Under 21 team playing in the Dutch second division: 27 appearances, three goals and seven assists.
In the plans of Juventus, Correia should be joined to the fresh Under 23 winner of the Italian Serie C Cup. To begin with.
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