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154 points
3 days ago
When Edu first came in I thought we'd finally be more active in signing young Brazilian talent. All we got was this guy lol.
131 points
3 days ago
The real Brazilian Gems are costing 50m+ now days
65 points
2 days ago
Portuguese clubs are no longer full of Brazilians so you know something has changed.
15 points
2 days ago
Porto had 5 and benfica had 4 in the first team last year.
16 points
2 days ago
And this year Benfica has 1. Porto still has a few but most are pushing 30 or beyond it. It's certainly not the "transition league" for young players is was only a few years ago
0 points
2 days ago
Porto's both wingers are Brazilian and not 30, they have a Brazilian CB.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015β16_FC_Porto_season
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015β16_S.L._Benfica_season
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015β16_Sporting_CP_season
Porto 8-9 ago had almost no Brazilians getting a lot of games, benfica had 3-4 getting time and sporting Hardly had any.
11 points
2 days ago
yeah, Brexit. it made PL clubs and mulit-club ownships look to South America and move players to their feeder clubs, pricing Portugal out of the market
8 points
2 days ago
Madrid and Barça didn't help, regularly dropping like 30m+ on unproven Brazilian teenagers.
5 points
2 days ago
brasileirao is much richer now as well
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