![]() The Wizard’s contract with Benfica is due to run until 2026 and the Portuguese giants have ensured that any club wishing to prise the player from them must have deep pockets by setting his release clause at £105million (€120m).īut that has not deterred suitors such as United, PSG or Chelsea desperate to secure the heir to Ronaldo’s throne. Ramos’ assassin-like efforts are transformative: in his 24 league games this season, Ramos has scored 17 goals and contributed six assists, and the forward has played a crucial role in delivering consecutive Champions League quarter-final qualifications for the first time in Benfica’s history. Ramos’ hat-trick in Portugal’s 6-1 drubbing of Switzerland catapulted the Benfica player onto the world stage, and even more unbelievably, in his breakthrough season and just a month after receiving his first cap.Ī product of the Portuguese club’s youth set-up, the 21-year-old had just eight months earlier become the second youngest player to score in the finals phases of the Champions League in Benfica’s history, with his goal against Liverpool at Anfield.īut his appetite for goals has only intensified since, and in early April, Ramos broke another record to become the youngest player to score 25 goals in a season since Portuguese titan Eusebio in 1963. But amidst a maelstrom of tension within the Portuguese camp that led to manager Fernando Santos benching his legendary captain, Goncalo Ramos proved he was more than capable of filling Ronaldo’s shoes. Only a perfect performance could see a player swipe the headlines from Cristiano Ronaldo in Portugal’s colours. ![]() The striker has broken records in the Champions League and dazzled for Benfica at home
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |