Yes.
They payed around 5/6m euro for 60% of his economic rights.
I think he's joining Chelsea in january already.
The kid has great upside. BUT he's not ready to play in the big scene yet. He should be loaned this season to gain experience. But he's got the perfect assets for the British game: speed, acceleration, strength, good crossing.
It could take 1 or 5 years, but I believe he'll become a worldclass RB. Not any kind of phenomenon. But these days any solid full back playing for a great club is worldclass in view of the very low level at the position worldwide.
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I don't know if you've heard about this name: Brazilian youngster DORIA. 18yr old (recently completed), plays for Botafogo.
Juventus, rotti gli indugi: c'è un'offerta al Botafogo per Doria
La Juventus si è convinta: prenderà Doria, diciottenne del Botafogo, venti presenze nel campionato brasiliano. Centrale, mancino, secondo La Gazzetta dello Sport i bianconeri avrebbero già presentato un'offerta ed ora vorrebbero superare le resistenze del club di Rio. Su Doria ci sono anche altri club europei ma è considerato un grande prospetto per il futuro. 1,88, è capace di giocare centrosinistro nella retroguardia a tre, chiosa la rosea.
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There are many news linking this player to Juve.
And it makes sense, since Lucio is leaving in January.
I've seen this kid play a handful of times. At first sight he's got it all. Tall, strong, quick, good concentration level, composed, plays safe, decent technique, good passing, good heading.
He looks good, but against my team Fluminense he commited a positioning mistake that led to a goal. But it's one of those mistakes you don't realise if you don't pay good attention to the player. He was still 17 at that time.
This guy, with 17 yrs old, simply came out of nothing and won the position at Botafogo, which has a good team and solid and more experienced CBs. He just came out of nothing, won the position and never let it go.
Summing it up, looks like a very good investment. Every Brazilian player is expensive nowadays, but the kid just arrived in the big picture andBotafogo is a poor club compared to others. I don't know the amount of money, but this guy looks like a very solid and reliable CB for the next 10 years and more. Ready to play with the big boys. I don't know what's his ceilling though. Could be WC, could be very good, could be only solid. But it's good anyway.
And it shows that scouts are really following stuff. He just appeared here, nobody is really talking about him yet.
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