From Servette to Leeds, the downside of the Montero transmission
The defender bid farewell to the Garnetts on Saturday, his 18th birthday. He passed a medical at Leeds and signed a contract with the Premier League club. for three and a half years. But to what extent?
At the age of 18, Diogo Monteiro left Servette for Leeds.
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It is not surprising: for several weeks now we have already hinted that Diogo Monteiro will leave Servette this winter for England. As we exclusively announced in mid-January, the young defender who trained at Servetien’s academy has settled in at Leeds United, and has been official since Tuesday morning. Duration of the initialed contract: three and a half years.
On Saturday, his 18th birthday, he said goodbye to his teammates, before flying off to England. He passed his medical and was thus able to deal with Leeds. Major since Saturday signed his contract immediately, directly, it’s now official.
Diogo Monteiro is a pure product of Servetien’s training. After passing the Carouge star, he entered the Agate Academy at the age of twelve. High achiever and talented, he quickly developed in parallel with the Portuguese selections when he was young. He was even captain for the most part: a first for a young Portuguese player not to play in the country.
In short, Diogo Montero has huge potential. And even if Servet was thinking of making it a place on Earth regularly earlier, he like others before him demonstrates the quality of work at the Garnet Training Center. He was at the end of his contract in June, and did not want to extend his contract despite proposals from Servetien’s management. The question is knowing the financial circumstances of this transfer, with the young Servetien at the end of the contract in June, and therefore already free to commit where he wants for next season.
The fact that he left five months before the end of his contract means that Servette should book a certain amount, in addition to training allowances, automatically. Is this really the case? Of two things, one: Either Servette is already getting something (much less than if Monteiro was still on contract after June, but something important is still the same) that makes sense, with other clubs who have been courting the promising player; Either Servette isn’t touching anything, as some of our information might suggest, which is more problematic. In this second case, we were told that the Al-Aqiq club would have negotiated a large percentage on a possible next transfer: around 20 to 25%.
Dangerous expense if this option prevails? Diogo Monteiro undoubtedly has the talent and the qualities to win. In an ideal world, for him as it is for Servette, he could quickly join Leeds in the Premier League, find his place on the field, sparkle and woo a team for a big transfer in which Servette could touch down quarter-quarter. total or approx. Except that there is nothing less certain at the moment, if not this form of speculation.
Monteiro should initially be integrated into the Leeds U21s. before securing a place in the Premier League.
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