It is, for many, one of the biggest flops in the recent history of football. Recruited by Manchester United for almost 100 million euros in the summer of 2022, the one who was to be the next big star of La Canarinha has never managed to win or display his qualities on the side of Old Trafford. A real fiasco, and the Mancunian management has tried to get rid of it several times already.
This winter, a fairly interesting outing door arose: Betis. An option that quickly appealed to the three parties, for obvious reasons. The player can thus relaunch in a rather playful team and in a championship that could stick with his qualities, the Betis recovers a player potentially capable of making huge differences for six months and Manchester United can hope to see the Brazilian revalue to sell it Dear next summer, or keep it if it revives and convinces Ruben Amorim.
Happy to revive
And for the moment, the bet is rather successful. On Saturday, on the Celta lawn, he scored his first goal under the Sevillane tunic, for his second match in his new team. A nice control, then a shot from inside the foot well felt to give the advantage to his team, which however finally bowed 3-2. The previous weekend, facing Athletic (2-2), he had already been the author of a convincing performance, being at the origin of the first goal of the match, Isco's work.
As proof, he was voted best Betis player in his first two games with the Sevillane stable. An immediate impact therefore for the Brazilian, who must however still be a little more regular on all the meetings and not only via a few shots. But with an Isco back at the top, the arrival of Cucho Hernandez in front and players like Gio Lo Celso or Johnny Cardoso, the Betis, tenth of the Liga currently, has all the cards in hand to get a qualification for a competition European …
