Portuguese 18-year-old Centre back Gonçalo Cardoso has signed a five-year contract with West Ham and will be announced officially this afternoon as Manuel Pellegrini’s fifth signing of the summer transfer window.
The transfer fee is £2.8m which was way below his release clause which could be boosted by additional £1.8m of add-ons based on Premier League starts plus a sell-on clause should be sold on for a profit. He will be on modest wages for the Premier League.
The left-footed defender can also play at left-back but centre-back is his favored position and he is wanted to challenge Angelo Ogbonna and Winson Reid for the centre back pecking order.
A little bit of insight into the fifth signing from www.tugascout.com “The 18 year old is thought to potentially be one of Portugal’s future international centre-backs in the making, having already impressed at senior level in Portugal.
There are very high hopes for the 18-year old defender, who featured in 15 of Boavista’s 34 Primeira Liga matches last season, never looking out of place. He actually made his debut for Boavista back in October when he was just 17 years of age, playing the entirety of the 1-0 victory over Aves.
After that, he kept his place in the team, continuing to show maturity beyond his years as his positional awareness and reading of the game was regularly on show.
His excellent displays for Boavista earned him a starting spot at the U19 Euros last month, where he led Portugal to the final, playing in all of Portugal’s matches throughout the competition, captaining the side in the process.”
Hope he is comfortable in the left back roll if Johnson has to play on the right side ..if Cressie isnt cutting it we only have Johnson who is very capable but prefers the right..Arthur as we know is not an option IMO
Is there really a website called tugascout.com?
Sounds a bit wrong to me.
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Good video of Cordoso on the left. https://youtu.be/FDVRCp3TZL4
Sounds good to me. Talented youngster to put pressure on Balbuena and Diop especially with doubts over Reid’s fitness and Ogbonna’s displays.
Could be a great signing.Certainly need somebody to challenge the CHs.Ogbonna puts the fear of God into me everytime the ball comes near him as does Cressie at Left back.