Marcos Dias, 20, striker from Brazil will join the New England Revolution this winter
As previously reported by journalist Lucas Pedrosa and GE, the New England Revolution has finalized the signing of 20-year-old Brazilian striker Marcos Dias, from Vasco/BRA. Our journalist Gustavo Lopes went deep into the negotiation and got more details about this negotiation involving the parties.
The information first reported and confirmed was the 1-year loan with an obligation of 50% of the player’s rights if he achieves certain goals in his contract. Although this type of signing is quite normal, the incentives placed in Marco Dias’ contract are considered “easy to achieve” according to people close to the player.
Another thing that was not well explained, would be whether Marcos would join the first team this season or go straight to the New England Revolution II, which will play the MLS Next Pro in 2022. According to people who were involved in the negotiation, Marcos should join the first team at the beginning, but the date he will arrive in the United States is still undetermined since the New England Revolution and Vasco are in the final phase of exchanging documents to finalize officially the deal.
After this part is completed, the player will still have to wait for his work visa to be able to enter the United States. The team travels this Tuesday (25) to Los Angeles, where they will do their pre-season before taking the field on February 15th against Calvary/HAI at Gillette Stadium for the CONCACAF Champions League.
On the financial issue, values were not disclosed. Still according to these sources, the project offered by the New England Revolution were more valuable to the player than the financial issue, “the project offered by New England enchanted us and made us believe that it would be a good home for Marcos” said a source that was connected to Marcos.
Born in Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Dias is considered one of the great talents of Brazilian soccer. At just 20 years old, he is one of the young talents in Brazil with the most titles won during his career. At Vasco since 2020, his biggest achievement for the Rio de Janeiro club is the Copa do Brazil(Brazil’s Cup) U20 in 2020, in total there were 21 goals in 87 games for the “Cruz-Maltino.” His last tournament was the Copa Sao Paulo de Futebol Jr. also known was the biggest U20 tournament in Brazil that takes place in January. He finished his participation in the Round of 16 when Vasco lost to Sao Paulo.
He will join Lucas Maciel, Michel Costa, Ryan Lima and Jose Italo as the Brazilians who play for Revolution, whether first or second team.
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