Arsenal Ask Juventude For Second Zézinho Trial
Arsenal have asked Brazilian Serie ‘B’ outfit Juventude for a second look at their exciting teenage midfielder Zézinho as the Gunners continue in their bid to bring the starlet to the Emirates.
Zézinho, full name José Luis dos Santos Pinto, was subject of a £1.5 million bid in July yet that was rejected by chairman Sérgio Florian as they value the player at closer to his buyout clause of £11.9 million. Arsenal’s South American scout Sandro Orlandelli has been making regular checks including witnessing him bag a stunning winner against Portuguesa in August.
The Brazilian Under 17 international was on trial last season along with American midfielder Luis Gil (pictured) but Zézinho’s stock has risen significantly since then. A quick, tricky and skilful left footed winger, he defiantly fits the mould of an Arsène Wenger-esque attacking midfielder but negotiations are at deadlock between the two clubs.
A second trial has been proposed but with Zézinho now a regular fixture, convincing the Serie ‘B’ side to release their star man for a weeks training will be a tricky task for Chief executive Ivan Gazidis.
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Tweets that mention Arsenal Ask Juventude For Second Zézinho Trial « [» Young Guns «] -- Topsy.com said this on November 16, 2009 at 4:53 pm
I want us to sign a player who will become world class like wilshere
TheCritic said this on November 16, 2009 at 5:10 pm
This player looks like he can become worldclass. But 11.9mill buy out clause fuck that. You’d be mad to spend that. LOL why did we offer 1.5 when the buy out is 8x that.
no9 said this on November 16, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Are we having trials for anyone else at the moment?
TheCritic said this on November 16, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Jay, just how good is this player.?
gooner1886 said this on November 16, 2009 at 5:16 pm
highly rated midfielders we are having right now are ramsey,merida,wilshere,lansbury,coquelin,jet many of these will surely be world class players in years to come,but in case of strikers we have only afobe who has some chances of making it at arsenal,so i really think our next signing will be a striker.
manmohit said this on November 16, 2009 at 5:28 pm
I know it’s a bit off topic, but have you heard anything regarding Afobe/Barca?
Diego 'Hand of God' Maradona said this on November 16, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Im telling you about Akpala, my mate is not a liar
ron said this on November 16, 2009 at 6:26 pm
IS MIDFIELDERS WE ARE RIGH IS TOP LIST ZEZIHNI
ENGJELL said this on November 16, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Hey J. I know this is off topic. I dont know if you had the chance to watch the FIFA U-17 tournament, but Switzerland had a really wonderful player in Rodriguez. Excellent fullback. My point is we’ve been on our Switz binge lately and was wondering if you think we might offer a trial to this kid?
GM-CEO said this on November 16, 2009 at 6:42 pm
http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2009/11/16/1628408/chelsea-manchester-united-arsenal-queue-up-for-the-next-kaka
Another Brazilian wonderkid…
james said this on November 16, 2009 at 7:03 pm
Manmohit:
Freeman,Ansah
will b world class for us.
We have murphy and neita with a half chance aswell,
barazite could be a striker.
TheCritic said this on November 16, 2009 at 7:14 pm
TheCritic
u can say abt ansah abt some extent,but seriously dont think freeman will make it,i like barazite but he is not out and out striker.
manmohit said this on November 16, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Surly they would have known how good this Brazilian kid was after his first trial at Arsenal.
Kentpaul said this on November 16, 2009 at 7:50 pm
He is a striker not a midfielder and didnt look all that great in the u17 world cup.
shane said this on November 16, 2009 at 8:02 pm
He is a winger not a striker Shane. He just plays their for Brazil.
J.Sanderson said this on November 16, 2009 at 8:03 pm
i hoping 4 lukaku of anderlecht, already a first team player with a sesational scoringsrecord..
dubbed the new drogba..
hes going to be one of the best 4 sure
norwegian gooner
stian said this on November 16, 2009 at 8:44 pm
16 years old
stian said this on November 16, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Freeman is hard working and has cored more than Afobe this season, those two will b r starting strikers 4 years 2 come
TheCritic said this on November 16, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Need to raid club Grasshoppers in Switzerland for the Swiss under 17 players Chappuis and Seferovic, Then my player of the U17 World Cup MARTIGNONI.!!!!!! PEACE also please JET to the first team Arsene?
Matt said this on November 16, 2009 at 9:00 pm
in any case of such compensation demands it would be similar pay arrangements with clauses and bonuses as with Walcott. Personally I see Wenger as a very conservative gambler on talent, as he did not want to make that gamble with Ronaldo as Ferguson…thank lord…except for the nice compensation fee there
sebjob said this on November 16, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Which makes him a stiker but anyways, the point is that he wasnt very impressive. Pablo Sarabia actually looks like the best talent in the tourney not counting Nigeria players because with the age cheating, you dont really know how old the players are that you are watching. Buy the way, have you heard of a kid called Jaizinho Arroe of peru and siena. He looked a real gem at the u17 south america tourney.
shane said this on November 16, 2009 at 9:24 pm
What is about the brazilian wellington who was for a couple of month at a trial at arsenal? I have heard for a lot of time nothing about that…
Tim_Cahill said this on November 16, 2009 at 11:06 pm
End of the day, Arsenal youth will become just like the Oxford University.
hh said this on November 16, 2009 at 11:59 pm
He was involved in the u17 world cup as a sub.
shane said this on November 17, 2009 at 12:21 am
@monmohit// probably only 2-3 players of the current crop of youngsters will make it to the first team and stay there.
just because a youngster plays at arsenal doesn’t mean he will be world class
hiro said this on November 17, 2009 at 12:46 am
Afobe score alot of goals at youth level but freeman have the best overall play. I will chose freeman ahead of afobe any day. Sunu and Watt works extremly hard for the team and I hope they become our world class players. Watt have the style of play which reminds me very much of Henry. I think he will turn out to be a big star for us.
Jom said this on November 17, 2009 at 1:06 am
Sanchez Watt is awesome,
( I hope we make moves for Kabiru Akinsola and Romelu Lukaku)
TheCritic said this on November 17, 2009 at 3:00 am
Hey scout plz transffer its Big talent really
Lisunho said this on November 17, 2009 at 9:30 am
J, can you do a post on the best players of the u-17 world cup?
kv said this on November 17, 2009 at 11:00 am
Speaking of the U17 world cup, isn’t it fascinating that Switzerland won it, and the country that we’ve been signing youngsters from is … Switzerland. Shows how far ahead of the game the Arsenal youth setup is.
Erichero said this on November 17, 2009 at 11:13 am
11.8 ia too high. 1.5 million seems about right. http://bobbygee.wordpress.com/
bobbygee said this on November 17, 2009 at 1:40 pm
How do we keep getting these talents? how do they get work permits. This Mexican and the 2 swiss guy areb’t in the EC and certainly won’t have played 75% of games for their countries..
can someone enlighten me how we get round this loophole ?
Livers said this on November 17, 2009 at 1:42 pm
#73 looks like young Ronaldo [the WC winner]
; he has to be good.
KG said this on November 17, 2009 at 2:25 pm
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Top Posts « WordPress.com said this on November 18, 2009 at 12:07 am
I Got Zezinho on football manager 2010 and he becoming a very good player for me
Brad said this on November 18, 2009 at 1:38 pm