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Lisbon – He will become the most expensive player in the history of Portuguese football
when he finishes a move to
in July, but before that Eder Militao will try to help Port
overcome Liverpool in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
The 21-year-old Brazilian became the first international player from Madrid last month.
signature since Zinedine Zidane returned to the club as a coach for a
second spell.
Militao will be a central defender who can also operate in the right back.
join the Spanish giants on a six-year contract until 2025 and reinforce a
True backline that has often been weakened by the wounds of the season.
His transfer will eclipse the previous Portuguese record set by
Colombian playmaker James Rodriguez, who left Porto for Monaco in 2013.
"Real has made a good signing," said Porto goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who has played with Real Madrid and Spain for more than ten years.
"He's a boy we talked about a lot in Brazil and Porto
played on because he was very young. He showed the true character and
great desire to prove its worth, "Casillas told Spanish sports daily As.
Originally from Sertaozinho, in southern Brazil, Militao has a proven track record
international debut for the five-time World Cup winners in September.
He got his second cap in a 1-1 draw with Panama last month and
hope to be part of the Copa America team from Tite for this summer
tournament in Brazil.
"We started following Militao while he was in Sao Paulo," said Edu, coordinator of Brazil's national team, at Marca.
"He had that special strength, something very different." The real salary
what they paid because they came to the same conclusion as us: it's a
player who has a very promising future. "
Militao made his debut in the first team of Sao Paulo in January 2017 after
in the ranks of the club's youth, and 18 months later he was
caught by Porto for seven million euros.
His adaptation to European football was fast and he quickly gained a player's place alongside Sergio Conceicao.
While the arrival in January of Portuguese veteran Pepe, three times
Winner of the Champions League with Madrid, Militao was forced to engage in the right back,
he will resume his partnership with Felipe for the first leg from Tuesday to
Anfield with Pepe hanging.
Both men will face a tough challenge against Liverpool's top-three.
Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino – who have joined forces to
five goals after Porto on the way to victory 5-0 in total
Last 16 seasons.
But this should be a welcome challenge for Militao before his 13-time European champion record.
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