Better hope he can stay healthy because if he goes down we have nobody. Who's going to account for Paulinho's production?
It's pretty funny considering we all crapped on Paulinho for years, but last season from the bench he was crucial. It looks like we are in a "battle" with Brighton for Conrad Harder - the 19 year old striker seems to be the option for striker, and although it seemed we lost him to Brighton, they never finalized the signing yesterday. However they are still wanting him for 2025 and willing to bid up to 20m for him.
Amorim hinted that we are going to sign a striker, mentioning that our scouting looks for players that can make an immediate impact and those that have high potential, hinting that the latter is what we are after right now.
My gross what a risk for that kind of money….Hope the scouts hit on this one! Anyone know anything about this kid? I have only seen a couple of YouTube vids
It's a lot of money, but seems like a Gyokeres 2.0, clearly the idea is to have him adapt for a year and learn under Viktor, but he seems to have similar characteristics Edit: Portuguese media saying it's 19m + 3m, a bit less than the 21m + 2.5m they were reporting
Official Welcome Conrad Harder! The 19 year old striker signs with us for 19M euros and has an 80M euro clause
Unreal the media spin on our signing a 19 year old for 19m. Saying it's overpriced, we're paying too much for unproven talent. 18 year old Marcos Leonardo cost 18m 8 months ago, barely plays and sold for 40m to Al Hilal, great business 20 year old Samu costs Porto 15m for 50%, great opportunity.
Finally off the books, eh? Glad the club got a striker in, the young profile make a lot of sense as well.