{"id":2477,"date":"2024-07-29T07:12:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T07:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/joao-neves-who-is-portugal-midfielder-linked-with-manchester-united\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T07:12:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T07:12:05","slug":"joao-neves-who-is-portugal-midfielder-linked-with-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/joao-neves-who-is-portugal-midfielder-linked-with-manchester-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Joao Neves: Who is Portugal midfielder linked with Manchester United?"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Benfica president Rui Costa confirmed a bid had been made for Neves when speaking to Portuguese newspaper A Bola, external<\/span><\/a>, but did not reveal who had made the approach.<\/p>\n

“There is a proposal on the table which is being evaluated and is being discussed,” said the Portugal legend.<\/p>\n

“But at this moment, Joao Neves remains a Benfica player. It’s not that I want to hide the ins and outs because I understand that Benfica fans want to know whether Joao will be leaving or not.”<\/p>\n

In response to reports that Neves would only leave for his \u00a3101m release clause, the president added: “I never said that Joao Neves would only leave for his release clause and therefore, those claims are false.”<\/p>\n

Ingles fears any move may also be coming too soon for the player – but believes it may be easier for him to settle in France’s Ligue 1 than the Premier League.<\/p>\n

“Despite his maturity, I think he’s making the same mistake as Joao Felix, Goncalo Ramos or Renato Sanches: he’s leaving too soon,” he says.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know if he’s ready yet. And as with Darwin Nunez, it’s one thing to be good in the Portuguese league, it’s another in the top five leagues.<\/p>\n

“Here if you’re good, you stand out. In England, everybody around you is as good or better, so you struggle. He’s very small and I don’t know if he would cope with the phisicality of the Premier League.”<\/p>\n

So is he destined for the very top?<\/p>\n

“I would gamble that he will be a very good player, make a very good career, but will never be a world class player,” adds Ingles. “But who knows, he’s only 19.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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