Last year I made a similar article about young players that were coming strong from Brazil. I don't really remember the ones I talked about and now I'll never know. Sadly. But it's a new year and some new youngsters are appearing! My guess is. They won't leave Brazil this year. And I think I need to start by saying this.
There are three reasons for them not leaving Brazil just yet. One, and that's the main reason, is that brazillian teams are getting well structured and giving the players better contracts. They know they have very good players that could end up being amazing players and they were selling them for very little money. It seems that brazillian teams want to put on good teams and try to get money from income and not selling players. We are evolving to a more business footbal.
The second reason is some good players with some years of good football coming back to Brazil. You might think that Ronaldo ended his career by coming back to Brazil but it's not like this. He's still an icon and everybody wants to see him on the pitch. Adriano, Robinho and Fred were all in the 2006 world cup and came back. All three of them could be playing in Europe and they decided to come back home. With popular players coming back, people are beginning to have a different idea of the brazillian footbal, specially players. Not to mention that it forced the Brazillian National team manager to look at players playing in National ground, something unthinkable since 2002.
The third reason is simple: the World Cup. After the WC we're going to see who's the best player in the world, the champion of the world and the players that'll do well. These players will be negotiated. Not young prospects, but the players that show in the World Cup they are worth the signing. If Brazil win the WC with a very strong defense the prices on Julio Cesar, Lucio and Maicon will go sky high. These players are more likely to be negotiated than others. Specially if they are playing in minor leagues. If Adriano goes well he'll leave flamengo and Nilmar the same thing. If Santon goes to WC and play a hell of a tournament, he'll be linked to loads of teams. It's the normal thing after a World Cup.
Now let's take a look at some youngsters!
First one has to be Philippe Coutinho. This young prospect is already an Inter player having already trained at Inter ground. He gave an interview some time ago saying he almost had trouble with materazzi. After dribbling Materazzi with an embarrassing ball between his legs, making him search for the ball for a while (some say he's still looking for it...), the defender looked at the youngster and said: you need to work on your respect. Of course it was just a joke but it shows he's not afraid of going for it. His team was the Guanabara's Cup runner up and he is one of the best players in the team. He already has some experience for playing Serie B last year and this year he played a lot of derbys. Vasco is actually trying to make him stay. They don't want to let him go at the middle of the year. It all depends on Inter actually. The boy doesn't seem to be much worried about it and this shows his character. He is taking the chances life give him, and this is good, he'll probably become a showman like robinho with the professional attitude of a Kaka.
Another player that will be seen in Europe is the current Fluminense player Wellington Silva. He's a forward, but not a center forward. He fits right into the Arsenal way of playing. And guess where he's going? Yes.. Arsenal! Decent buying for Wenger. I got the chance to watch him play in two occasions. The boy is fast, good possession and excellent passing skills. He shoots pretty well also. Better than Coutinho. He's not as talented as Coutinho though. But will probably be seeing in the Arsenal squad pretty soon. We might be looking at some options upfront. It's likely that some a forward will leave arsenal. My guess is Van Pierse. Too injury prone. But it could be him or Eduardo or Rosicky or even Arshavin, though the last one seems unlikely to me.
There are two very good players in Santos, the same team Robinho is playing for. Neymar and Paulo Henrique are both really good. They are already really experienced since they have being playing for Santos since last season and they played the FIFA Under-20 World Cup. They're not prospects they are for real, they're ready! It's unlikely that they leave before the end of the year though. Santos is looking for a good season this year and will probably try to get the Continental Cup next season. These are the hardest players to sign. The fee to get them is really high and Santos will only take a large sum of money for either of them. If you want to see some skills just check youtube. They are increadibly efficent, really skillful and fast! Neymar is a better robinho, more responsable too. Paulo henrique can provide like Sneijder, just not with both feet. Both of them are surely on the 2014 WC. Believe me.
The last of the young prospects is linked to Inter and Henry already asked me to write something about him.The boy's name is Mario Fernandes. To explain how this boy plays is very simple: Young Lucio. He's very good defending and Gremio, his current club, is trying to adjust him to defense. He needs to eat better, get big as a defender needs to be. He's playing right back right now and he's really good. Really fast and exceptional passing for a defender, both short and long passing. For a right back is a really good passing, not exceptional since a right back needs to be good in this skill. He can drible very well but his best skill is the fast passing and running on the side. Mainly like Maicon does. Pass and appear up front for the crossing. He's the oldest of this boys, he's 20. He surely can be the one replacing for lucio next WC along with Thiago Silva. It all depends on how he'll grow. He has the chance of being a player like Maicon or simply be a good defender with excelent skills like Lucio. It actually depends on his training. Gremio wants him to play right back but he said he wants to play center defense. Gremio is helping him to become a good center defender but for now he's a right back.
That's it for this article. These prospects are something for the future. Some for a far future and some for now. But all of them will be pretty good in a short period of time. If they'll be the best in their position only time will tell. I hope I fed your hungry for news from Brazil.
Cheers,
Christian Cardoso
There are three reasons for them not leaving Brazil just yet. One, and that's the main reason, is that brazillian teams are getting well structured and giving the players better contracts. They know they have very good players that could end up being amazing players and they were selling them for very little money. It seems that brazillian teams want to put on good teams and try to get money from income and not selling players. We are evolving to a more business footbal.
The second reason is some good players with some years of good football coming back to Brazil. You might think that Ronaldo ended his career by coming back to Brazil but it's not like this. He's still an icon and everybody wants to see him on the pitch. Adriano, Robinho and Fred were all in the 2006 world cup and came back. All three of them could be playing in Europe and they decided to come back home. With popular players coming back, people are beginning to have a different idea of the brazillian footbal, specially players. Not to mention that it forced the Brazillian National team manager to look at players playing in National ground, something unthinkable since 2002.
The third reason is simple: the World Cup. After the WC we're going to see who's the best player in the world, the champion of the world and the players that'll do well. These players will be negotiated. Not young prospects, but the players that show in the World Cup they are worth the signing. If Brazil win the WC with a very strong defense the prices on Julio Cesar, Lucio and Maicon will go sky high. These players are more likely to be negotiated than others. Specially if they are playing in minor leagues. If Adriano goes well he'll leave flamengo and Nilmar the same thing. If Santon goes to WC and play a hell of a tournament, he'll be linked to loads of teams. It's the normal thing after a World Cup.
Now let's take a look at some youngsters!
First one has to be Philippe Coutinho. This young prospect is already an Inter player having already trained at Inter ground. He gave an interview some time ago saying he almost had trouble with materazzi. After dribbling Materazzi with an embarrassing ball between his legs, making him search for the ball for a while (some say he's still looking for it...), the defender looked at the youngster and said: you need to work on your respect. Of course it was just a joke but it shows he's not afraid of going for it. His team was the Guanabara's Cup runner up and he is one of the best players in the team. He already has some experience for playing Serie B last year and this year he played a lot of derbys. Vasco is actually trying to make him stay. They don't want to let him go at the middle of the year. It all depends on Inter actually. The boy doesn't seem to be much worried about it and this shows his character. He is taking the chances life give him, and this is good, he'll probably become a showman like robinho with the professional attitude of a Kaka.
Another player that will be seen in Europe is the current Fluminense player Wellington Silva. He's a forward, but not a center forward. He fits right into the Arsenal way of playing. And guess where he's going? Yes.. Arsenal! Decent buying for Wenger. I got the chance to watch him play in two occasions. The boy is fast, good possession and excellent passing skills. He shoots pretty well also. Better than Coutinho. He's not as talented as Coutinho though. But will probably be seeing in the Arsenal squad pretty soon. We might be looking at some options upfront. It's likely that some a forward will leave arsenal. My guess is Van Pierse. Too injury prone. But it could be him or Eduardo or Rosicky or even Arshavin, though the last one seems unlikely to me.
There are two very good players in Santos, the same team Robinho is playing for. Neymar and Paulo Henrique are both really good. They are already really experienced since they have being playing for Santos since last season and they played the FIFA Under-20 World Cup. They're not prospects they are for real, they're ready! It's unlikely that they leave before the end of the year though. Santos is looking for a good season this year and will probably try to get the Continental Cup next season. These are the hardest players to sign. The fee to get them is really high and Santos will only take a large sum of money for either of them. If you want to see some skills just check youtube. They are increadibly efficent, really skillful and fast! Neymar is a better robinho, more responsable too. Paulo henrique can provide like Sneijder, just not with both feet. Both of them are surely on the 2014 WC. Believe me.
The last of the young prospects is linked to Inter and Henry already asked me to write something about him.The boy's name is Mario Fernandes. To explain how this boy plays is very simple: Young Lucio. He's very good defending and Gremio, his current club, is trying to adjust him to defense. He needs to eat better, get big as a defender needs to be. He's playing right back right now and he's really good. Really fast and exceptional passing for a defender, both short and long passing. For a right back is a really good passing, not exceptional since a right back needs to be good in this skill. He can drible very well but his best skill is the fast passing and running on the side. Mainly like Maicon does. Pass and appear up front for the crossing. He's the oldest of this boys, he's 20. He surely can be the one replacing for lucio next WC along with Thiago Silva. It all depends on how he'll grow. He has the chance of being a player like Maicon or simply be a good defender with excelent skills like Lucio. It actually depends on his training. Gremio wants him to play right back but he said he wants to play center defense. Gremio is helping him to become a good center defender but for now he's a right back.
That's it for this article. These prospects are something for the future. Some for a far future and some for now. But all of them will be pretty good in a short period of time. If they'll be the best in their position only time will tell. I hope I fed your hungry for news from Brazil.
Cheers,
Christian Cardoso
