The new great hope of Portuguese football, Geovany Quenda is turning the heads of the biggest European clubs and a fierce battle awaits next summer for the young 17-year-old winger, courted in particular by PSG and the two Manchesters.
Geovany Quenda is the new sensation of Portuguese football. The young winger is exploding at the start of the season in the colors of Sporting CP, becoming the youngest ever scorer in Portuguese league history on Saturday against Familicão at the age of 17 years, 5 months and 27 days. This is earlier than Simão Sabrosa (17 years, 6 months and 16 days) and Cristiano Ronaldo (17 years, 8 months and 3 days).
On October 8, the Portuguese press revealed that Quenda had been targeted by PSG during the last summer transfer window, but Sporting CP closed the door and managed to protect its nugget by extending his contract until 2027 and by increasing his clause from €45 to €100 million, the same amount as the release clause of his Swedish striker Viktor Gyökeres, also associated with PSG.
Having recently joined the Jorge Mendes stable to manage its communication and image, Quenda is destined to be the Lisbon club's next big sale and several Premier League clubs are also very interested in his services.
According to the Sunday Mirror, the young Portuguese winger is in the sights of both Manchester, as well as RB Leipzig, and would dream of one day playing in the Premier League. In Portugal, A Bola confirms this Tuesday that the Red Devils sent emissaries to observe Quenda against Famalicão last weekend.
The two Manchester have arguments, PSG too
Manchester United have recruited several players from Sporting CP in recent years, notably Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes, and will soon have an additional argument since Ruben Amorim, the current coach of Sporting CP, will succeed Erik ten Hag on the bench. Red Devils, as the Portuguese club confirmed this Tuesday (good news for Manuel Ugarte by the way).
Manchester City could also be a serious competitor in this matter since the current sporting director of Sporting CP, Hugo Viana, will join the Skyblues at the end of the season and succeed Txiki Begiristain as director of football. But with several Portuguese internationals in its squad, a football advisor named Luis Campos, a good proximity with Jorge Mendes and a new project focused on youth, PSG is also a credible candidate in this Quenda file, which has not finished keep us busy.
A hard-hitting and dribbling left winger, Geovany Quenda is used as a right winger in Amorim's 3-4-3. He has already played 14 matches since the start of the season for 11 starts, 2 goals and 1 assist and notably started his team's first two Champions League matches against Lille and PSV Eindhoven.
