4 European giants fight for Rio’s Flamengo midfielder João Gomes

Midfielder João Gomes has been one of Rio’s Flamengo’s key players in the first half of 2022. He is praised by both the coaching staff and fans and is, in fact, the club’s big “sensation”.

There have already been 47 games in the current season, which are increasingly safe. The Rio de Janeiro club knows that other clubs, especially from Europe, are interested in him.

A few weeks ago, Rob Dawson of the English channel ESPN reported that Manchester United scouts were in Brazil to watch the player.

However, the Red Devils are not alone in this move. Because Atletico Madrid, another old interested party, has an eye on him. In addition, clubs like Real Madrid and Lyon are also expressing interest, especially after the departures of Casemiro and Paquetá.

João Gomes is only 21 years old and made his professional debut for Flamengo in 2020, for whom he played 14 games that year and was part of the Brazilian champions’ team.

From the following year, he started to gain more space and finished 2021 with 44 games. For Fla, the player scored a total of 4 goals and gave four assists to his teammates.

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