The 21-year-old midfielder, Wallyson, joins OGC Nice on loan with an option to buy. The Brazilian belongs to Sporting Portugal and follows, one year apart, the trajectory of Carlos Eduardo, who has since moved to Saudi Arabia.
According to Portuguese and Brazilian football specialists, he was tracked by the top clubs in Europe. But Wallyson will indeed wear the red and black colors this season, the club confirmed this Wednesday evening. If we tell you Brazilian, midfielder, coming from the Portuguese league… Well yes, it’s easy to draw a parallel with Carlos Eduardo, last season’s star with his 10 goals, on loan from FC Porto.
This time, he is younger, less experienced but more talented if you believe some socios of the Lisbon club. Wallyson stands at 1.83m and weighs 77kg, has played five brief matches with the professional team, and has a primary role in ball recovery, a bit higher up the field than Nampalys Mendy, a bit lower than Ben Arfa, a modern football No. 8. It’s noteworthy that he completed part of his training with Manchester City’s youth teams before landing in the Portuguese capital.
Record, the famous Portuguese sports daily, announced in its Wednesday edition, a release clause set at 45 million euros. A price that led many clubs to back down on this deal. This evening, the Portuguese equivalent of L’Equipe and Sporting Portugal announce a purchase option of 15 million in June 2016.
This is the sixth new signing for Nice after Le Marchand, Ben Arfa, Séri, Germain, and Baysse before perhaps a striker in the coming days according to Nice-Matin.
Photo credit: Record (Portugal)
