“The most expensive player in its history” … Leeds sign Rodrigo

The Leeds United club have officially announced their contract with Valencia forward Rodrigo Moreno, in a deal that the newly promoted English Premier League club has mentioned is the most expensive in its history.

Leeds, led by Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa, joined the Spanish international forward for £ 27m, and Rodrygo’s contract with the English club runs until 2024.

Several British reports confirmed that Leeds had finalized the details of the contractual agreement with Rodrigo last Tuesday, before the club officially announced today, Saturday, that their new forward had passed the medical examination and signed his contracts with the club.

The 29-year-old Spanish striker played for Celta de Vigo and Real Madrid in the lower stages, before Benfica picked him up to begin his professional career with their ranks, a career that witnessed the English experience, when he played on loan with Bolton Wanderers in the 2010/2011 season.

After a remarkable brilliance in the Benfica shirt, Rodrygo moved to Valencia in 2014, and played 220 games with his shirt, in which he scored 59 goals, and led the team to crown the Copa del Rey in the 2018/2019 season. after beating Barcelona in the final.

At the international level, Rodrigo played 22 games with the first Spanish team, after a career full of youth and youth team shirts, and scored 8 goals, the last of them against Sweden, in the qualifying phase for the 2020 European Cup .