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1 February 2019
FC Barcelona gamble on Emerson Aparecido
FC Barcelona have announced on Thursday the signing of Emerson Aparecido. The 20-year-old Brazilian, who played the Maurice Revello Tournament in 2017, has penned a deal which will keep him at the Spanish club until June 2024.
Few weeks ago, we have shared you an information published by several Brazilian outlets : some Euopean clubs were monitoring the situation of the Brazilian right-back Emerson Aparecido, seen at the Maurice Revello Tournament 2017. Including FC Barcelona.
One year after playing his first game in the Brazilian league, Emerson Aparecido made a name for himself thanks to his performances with @Atletico ??
— Tournoi Maurice Revello (@TournoiMRevello) 10 décembre 2018
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This potential Europe move became a reality over the last days as FC Barcelona announced the arrival of Emerson from Atletico Mineiro on a €12M-deal.
His promising first professional season (23 Brazilian Serie A games, 1 goal) has been enough to convince the legendary Spanish club.
❗️BREAKING NEWS❗️
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) 31 janvier 2019
Agreement with Atlético Mineiro for Emerson transfer; he'll join FC Barcelona on 1 July 2019.
All the details ? https://t.co/qFFBNmEP9n pic.twitter.com/xJJoG9EJnV
The FC Barcelona new boy will discover La Liga with another club firstly as he has been loaned out immediately to Betis Sevilla until the end of the current campaign. The opportunity for the promising right full-back to adapt to European football before being included in the FC Barcelona squad.
However, we have to wait few weeks before to see him on the Spanish league’s pitches : Emerson is currently playing the South American Championship U20, commonly known as the Sudamericano, with Brazil.
Amayes Brahmi
Crédits photo : Magali Ruffato
