‘O Jogo’ also closes Samuel Lino for Atlético

Atlético has surrounded one of the great sensations of the Portuguese league. Matteo Moretto advanced the agreement between the rojiblanco club and Gil Vicente to incorporate Samuel Lino next season and ‘O Jogo’ has confirmed that the Brazilian will end up at rojiblanco.

Moreover, as explained by the Portuguese media, the option of staying at the Gil Vicente until the end of the course It has been key for the club to accept Atlético’s offer ahead of Porto’s interest, who wanted to get hold of Lino to make up for the departure of Luis Díaz to Liverpool. And if Samuel Lino was unknown to the red and white fans, yesterday he celebrated the agreement with a great goal to knock down Benfica. Driving from their own field, wall and definition at the near post to leave one of the great clubs in the competition on the canvas.

Samuel Lino usually plays as a left winger, with exit to his right leg where he is punishing rivals a lot. A profile with certain similarities to Carrasco. He is 22 years old and has nine goals, seven of them in the league, in the 24 games he has played so far this season, to which he has added three assists. This is his third season in the team, where he has not stopped growing. Ricardo Soares, coach of Gil Vicente, was referring to his player before visiting Benfica.

“I don’t know if this is going to materialize (his transfer to Atlético), but I know that Samuel Lino is a differential player. You can play for any club. I know the footballer. I know what it took for you to take the next step, and I also know how hard you’ve worked to make it happen. If not now, it will be later (…) He has quality, he has natural talent, he is strong one-on-one, he is unbalanced, he can win a match at any time, he is growing tactically…“. Atlético continues to comb the market in search of young promises and has focused its eyes on the growth of a Samuel Lino who is giving a lot to talk about in Portugal.