The Portuguese giants have this uncanny ability to nurture hot prospects in true stars of the game and the current class of the 2012/2013 campaign is filled with some of the hottest prospects in European football
The case of Portuguese giants, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 is one of the most special ones in European football. Formed some 119 years ago by a wine merchant named Antonio Nicolau de Almeida, the Dragoes are the most successful side in the country with a total of 72 titles,
ahead of bitter rivals Benfica and Sporting CP who have 70 and 45 titles in total respectively.
The likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436. With the both South Americans having left Estadio do Dragao, a new batch of superstars has taken up the
mettle and are going the right way about it.
Unluckily, despite the ability of nurturing talent, Porto always seem to lose out on the brightest of their http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Shooting-Stars-c40509 at some point and it is no different this time around with the current class of 2012/2013.
The likes of James Rodriguez, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martinez-c24468 have been in great form for Porto this season and are definitely worthy to be considered future stars in the making. Bettor.com now takes a look at one of the Dragões
starlets who president http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Costa-c9458 would loath to part with.
James Rodriguez
Age: 21
Position: Attacking midfielder
Nationality: Colombian
Previous club (s): http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Banfield-c38595
After impressing as a teenager for Argentine side Banfield, FC Porto chose to bring in James Rodriguez to Europe in the summer of 2010 for 5.1 million euros. The young Colombian has a 30 million Euros release clause on his contract which was increased to
45 million euros after the Dragões paid for the remainder of the player’s economic rights from third parties.
Many people consider Rodriguez to be the rightful heir to Colombian legend http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 due to his blistering pace.
El bandido, as he is often called by teammates and supporters, has already notched six goals in eight league games for Porto and no wonder, his playmaking and dribbling skills are highly thought of everywhere.
Possible destinations:
The likes of Manchester United, Bayern Munich and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan are very keen on acquiring the services of the young Colombian. However, with Bayern Munich already spending so much money on bringing Javi Martinez from Bilbao this summer, it is unlikely that
the Bavarians would pay around 50 million euros for another player.
Inter Milan on the other hand, despite looking to invest in youth, don’t really have the cash in their coffers to finance such a big-money move so it appears that Manchester United, who were willing to pay around 40 million euros for Brazilian star http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lucas-c22528
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Moura-c26908 in the summer before their move was hijacked by Paris Saint-Germain, might try their luck on the Colombian midfielder who despite still having a lot to prove, has given great early signs.
And, the likes of Manchester City, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 and Paris Saint-Germain cannot be ruled out as the 21-year-old’s possible destinations as all these aforementioned clubs have deep pockets to finance such a transaction.
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