FC Barcelona made an essential reference to their previous once they confirmed the signing of ahead Joao Mendes — the son of legendary Brazilian ahead Ronaldinho.
The 18-year-old is predicted to initially type part of Barcelona’s B group, which performs in Spanish soccer’s third tier, the membership knowledgeable on Thursday.
Mendes, who had been with no membership since leaving Brazil’s Cruzeiro in February final 12 months, impressed Barcelona coaches throughout a trial earlier this 12 months, experiences Xinhua.
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The teenager has already made his debut with Barca’s under-19 facet in a pleasant towards Manchester United. He is a participant who can play as a central striker or in a deeper position.
He is right-footed however good along with his left, and Barca hope he’ll be capable of observe in his father’s footsteps.
Ronaldinho spent 5 seasons with Barcelona between 2003-2008 and performed an enormous half in lifting the membership to dominance between 2004-2006 when Barca received back-to-back La Liga titles and the Champions League trophy.
He performed 207 occasions for Barca, scoring 94 objectives, with arguably his most memorable efficiency coming in November 2005 when he scored two objectives in a 3-0 win away to Real Madrid, which even noticed some Madrid supporters applaud him.
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