English giants Arsenal and Chelsea are set to compete with each other for the signature of young Brazilian defender Vitor Reis.
Chelsea have been spending big to secure the services of future talents from different parts of the world. Kendry Paes, Mike Penders, Estevao Willian, Aaron Anselming and the list goes on and on. Now again Chelsea have set their sight on another young Brazilian prospect Vitor Reis who is currently playing for Palmeiras. This time they have the company of city rivals Arsenal in the race to sign the 18-year-old. Let’s look more into the Chelsea way of signing young prospects, the player and the latest details on this deal.
THE CHELSEA WAY
This has been the trend for Chelsea since Roman Abramovic took over the club in 2003. They looked all over the content to find young prospects and acquire their services. Chelsea integrates them initially to their youth set up and then send them out on loan to other clubs. The club has been often criticized for their hoarding policy through which so many youngsters have destroyed their careers.
Armando Broja, Cesare Casadei, Thomas Kalas, Marco Van Ginkel, Nathan Ake etc. are some of player who have experiences the ill fate of the hoarding policy of Chelsea. Anyway, the new owners has also followed the same policy. They have already secured the signings of Kendry Paes and Willian Estevao who are the next gems of world football. They have already made senior appearances for their respective national teams. Mike Penders is another young talent from Genk that Chelsea have signed. Aron Anselming an Argentine Centre back also signed with the Blues this summer but was loaned back to Boca Juniors till the end of the season.
Chelsea have been spending on players that have been thriving in their domestic league despite young age. Players who have been playing abroad and way ahead of their age categories. But the new owners have been ignoring home grown talents from their academy by selling them for big money. The Chelsea way has had a lot of criticism, but we have to give it some time before naming it flop.
WHO IS VITOR REIS?
Vitor Ruis is an 18-year-old Brazilian defender who has been playing his trade for Palmeiras in the Brazilian top tier. Palmeiras are on their course to another domestic league title with Willian Estevao a future Chelsea star as their focal point. But his teammate Vitor Ruis who plays at the heart of their defense has been equally impressive. The 6 feet 1-inch-tall central defender has a towering presence and has some goalscoring ability at the opposite end. The defender is also capable of providing long passes splitting defenses and facilitate the attack.
His performance for Palmeiras coming with two goals in his 15 appearances for the club has been so impressive that top European clubs are after his signature. Arsenal and Real Madrid were the front runners after reaching out the club a Reis’s representatives. Liverpool and Barcelona also have the youngster in their list. Chelsea are the latest club to enter the race.
TRANSFER UPDATES
As mentioned earlier top European clubs have set their sight on the young man from Sao Paulo. Real Madrid and Arsenal have already made initial moves. According to the reports from The Athletic Vitor Reis has a release clause which is worth around 83 million pounds. Which translates to a €100 million. Chelsea have not been reluctant in spending big for the future talents. But just think about the value it is close to what Man Utd paid for Paul Pogba. As this transfer saga progresses we have to see that which European giant is going to secure Reis’s signature. We might also see more clubs entering the race as time progresses.
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