Fabio Vieira accomplished his lengthy awaited swap to the Premier League in £30 million transfer from Porto to Arsenal final month.
Vieira confessed his dream to play within the Premier League after his switch was finalized with the Gunners. The attacking midfielder will now get to stay his dream subsequent season, and has been speaking about the identical.
Arsenal snapped up Vieira from Porto actual fast after his 2021/22 season yielded 7 objectives and 16 assists in 39 appearances.
The 22 -year-old midfielder just lately defined his qualities that might now assist him flourish in English soccer. Vieira additional believes that his type of play resembles to at least one footballing legend- Lionel Messi.
Fabio Vieira compares his type to Messi; reveals his most popular place
An attention-grabbing anecdote from his dialog with The Athletic Vieira mentioned, “I really like Ronaldo and Messi. I like Messi due to the type of play. It’s like mine — left-footed, among the similar qualities.
“And Ronaldo not as a result of he’s Portuguese, however due to the laborious work, and the mentality. It’s unimaginable. And he scores many objectives. They're unimaginable gamers.”
Fabio Vieira now joins a protracted record of Portuguese gamers who're plying their commerce within the Premier League. Cristiano Ronaldo, Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Joao Cancelo, Ruben Neves and the record goes on.
Talking about similar Vieira mentioned, “It’s the most effective league on the earth. England was at all times very engaging to me. Nice Portuguese gamers have performed right here: Cristiano Ronaldo, Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Joao Moutinho, Joao Cancelo. I wish to comply with them.
“It was at all times my dream to play for Porto once I was younger. However my actual dream was to play within the Premier League.”
Alternatively, a debate can be ongoing in order to which position will Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta relaxation in Vieira. The midfielder’s verstality permits him to play as a number-8, number-10 in addition to a winger on both flanks.
In the meantime, Vieira himself has prompt which place he want to play on this Arsenal staff which is stacked with attacking expertise in Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli, Emile Smith Rowe and Nicolas Pepe.
“The supervisor informed me he is aware of I can play as a midfielder — No.8, No.10 — or on the wing, left facet or proper facet. They know I'm a flexible participant,” mentioned Vieira. “I want No.10. It’s my actual place.”
Mikel Arteta has definitely bought he preseason to experiment with Vieira after which carve out a plan for subsequent season. Nonetheless, Arteta has now bought a loads of firepower in his ‘Arsenal’.
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