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Hungry for sport, he grew up to the sound of Formula 1 engines and the exploits of Ronaldinho. Today, with a Master's degree in sports journalism, he no longer misses an F1 Grand Prix or a PSG match, his two passions and specialties.
Relaunched by Jean-Louis Gasset, and now an indisputable starter under the orders of Roberto De Zerbi, Luis Henrique has relaunched after very complicated first steps at OM. The winger converted into a piston, however, does not possess the usual qualities of Brazilian offensive players, as Walid Acherchour points out.
Recruited in 2020 for €8M, Luis Henrique had a more than complicated beginning at theABOUT since his transfer was the subject of a misunderstanding sinceAndré Villas-Boas thought he saw a center forward arriving. Consequently, the young Brazilian left on loan at Botafogo and his future atABOUT seemed completely clogged. And yet, after being relaunched by Jean-Louis Gasset, Roberto DeZerbi makes him an indisputable starter since the start of the season. After the draw against LOSC (1-1), Walid Acherchour also mentioned the situation of Luis Henrique who does not present the usual qualities of Brazilian players. Which, however, does not prevent it from being one of the good surprises of this first part of the season.ABOUT.
Luis Henrique, the pleasant surprise of OM
« He is a player who is not technically Brazilian. He doesn't do tricks, but technique on controls, passes… he puts speed into what he does, he plays on the move, he connects with others. I find that he is making progress on this, each time, he advances OM's game », he confides on the microphone of theAfter Foot on RMCbefore discussing the provision of Mason Greenwood.
“He is a player who is not technically Brazilian”
« This evening (Saturday, Editor's note), I find that in his state of mind, the number of balls he recovered, he put on the warm-up blue. He had a not easy role to play in this match. Sometimes there are things to improve technically, but it's not this match that I'm going to criticize him for. », added Walid Acherchour.
