Entering the winter transfer window, rumors are again stretching. It’s not only European players that are in demand every transfer season, players from Latin America are also very attractive. If players from the European region can freely play and move clubs to fellow European countries, players from Latin America zone must perfrom at the level above the players from Europe in order to be recruited.
Therefore, it can be made a temporary conclusion that players from the Latin American zone who play in European clubs have skills that are above the level of European players. In this winter market there are several players from the American zone who are predicted to have new clubs:
Gonzalo Plata
The Ecuadorian national currently plays for Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon. The 20-year-old right winger is also part of the Ecuadorian senior national team.
Plata has recorded 8 matches and scored 3 goals for the Ecuador senior national team. Gonzalo Plata is a player from the Ecuadorian club, Independiente, who then played for Sporting Lisbon U23 and was finally promoted to the Sporting Lisbon senior team at the start of last season. Reportedly, this player from the Latin American region is being targeted by one of the current top English Premier League clubs, Leicester City.
Marcos Rojo
The 30-year-old player who plays as a center-back has become widely known by football lovers since his outstanding performance for the Argentina national team at the 2014 World Cup. At that time Marcos Rojo played at left back and played for Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon.
At the start of this season Marcos Rojo just returned to Manchester United after serving a loan term with Argentine club Estudiantes. The player with full name Faustino Marcos Alberto Rojo will complete his contract with Manchester United at the end of this season, and so far has only been a bench warmer. Reportedly if his contract runs out at the end of this season, the owner of 61 caps with the Argentine national team will be recruited by Sheffield United.
Darwin Nunez
The 21-year-old player who plays as a striker is believed to be the successor of his seniors Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani in the Uruguay national team squad. Darwin Nunez is currently playing for Portuguese club Benfica after being recruited from Spanish club Almeria at the start of this season.
The young player who has 4 matches and scored 2 goals for Uruguay’s senior national team is believed to be one of the great players in the next few seasons. With Benfica this season, Nunez has played 14 matches, scoring 6 goals and 6 assists in all competitions. Reportedly the name Darwin Nunez is being targeted by Manchester City to replace Sergio Aguero, who is rumored to be leaving The Citizens.
Douglas Luiz
This Brazilian national player has played on European soil since the beginning of the 2017/2018 season. He was recruited by Manchester City from Brazilian club Vasco da Gama. However, at the start of the same season, Douglas Luiz was immediately loaned to Spanish club Girona for 2 seasons. Unfortunately Douglas Luiz still did not get a place in the Manchester City squad. Finally at the beginning of last season the player who plays as a central midfielder was bought permanently by Aston Villa.
The player who was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is getting better with Aston Villa until now until he is called by the Brazil senior national team. As a result, this 22-year-old player also made Manchester City interested in returning to recruit him in the winter market. Reportedly, with the arrival of Douglas Luiz, he could replace Fernandinho, who was already senior.
Thiago Almada
The 19-year-old player who plays as an attacking midfielder is a retainer of the Argentina U20 national team. Almada has recorded 7 matches and scored 1 goal for the Argentina U20 national team. Currently Thiago Almada plays for Argentine club Velez Sarsfield with statistics playing 9 matches, scoring 4 goals and contributing 1 assist in all competitions this season.
The player who can also play in the right and left winger positions is reportedly being targeted by Manchester United. With Almada’s arrival at Old Trafford, it has added to the power of breaking into Manchester United’s front line, which is currently known to be quite slick with the composition of many young players.
For matters of producing great players and labeled stars, the countries in the Latin American zone are not in doubt. In fact, you could say there is good comparison between players from Latin America with players from Europe.
