The Radar: João Neves
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to episode 5 of The Radar, where The Athletic's unrivalled range of global football experts will profile some of the game's most exciting up and coming talents who look set to star at this summer’s European Championships and Copa América.
19-year-old Benfica midfielder João Neves has followed in the footsteps of Bernardo Silva, Darwin Núñez, João Félix and Rúben Dias to come through the Portuguese Champions’ academy.
Quick, agile and technically gifted with formidable tackling ability, stamina and composure - will this summer’s Euros be the stage upon which he really announces himself to the world?
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:05.2 | Yes, guys, Iyo here. What you're about to hear is an episode of the radar. |
| 0:10.6 | The Athletics bite-sized profiles of the 12 most exciting young players at the Euros and |
| 0:15.8 | copper America this summer. Think of the episodes as essential scouting reports. |
| 0:22.4 | What makes the players special? |
| 0:24.3 | Why there's so much fuss and why this summer could be |
| 0:26.6 | their breakthrough moment. All of the |
| 0:28.7 | episodes from the series will land |
| 0:30.6 | on this podcast feed before the tournaments |
| 0:32.8 | get underway. And we'll be back |
| 0:34.7 | with some big preview episodes |
| 0:36.6 | next week. All you need to do is enjoy. |
| 0:43.9 | He's considered the next big thing to come out of Benfica's billion-pound football talent |
| 0:48.9 | factory. |
| 0:50.0 | Goalh! |
| 0:56.0 | Forever! Yeah! Bono! Gwolde! Zwa Neves! |
| 0:57.0 | 19-year-old midfielder, Jueu Neves, |
| 1:01.0 | has followed in the footsteps of the likes of Bernardo Silver, |
| 1:04.0 | Darwin Nunez, |
| 1:05.0 | Jowel Felix and Ruben Diaz to come through the Portuguese Champions Academy. |
| 1:10.0 | But he's already forging his own path as one of the next great stars. |
| 1:14.3 | The departure of Enzo Fernandez to Chelsea paid the way for his emergence in the first team, and he simply hasn't looked back since. |
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