Who is Andreas Pereira, a playmaker for Lazio?

Talk to him about the “comfort zone” and he will change his expression. He does not love her. Andreas Pereira has preferred risk since he was a child, when he was the only PSV who spoke Portuguese: “I go out on the pitch and show who I am.” Lazio warned, also Inzaghi, because Tare has bet: the name of the trocar is him.

Dad and Sir Alex

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He describes himself as follows: “European head and Brazilian feet.” Matter of origins. Andreas was born in Belgium because his dad Marcos played there, was a forward and retired in 2010, becoming their full-time coach. “He filmed the games and then he showed me how to improve, the mistakes he had made.” A continuum. “Many times he did not want to talk about football and he responded badly, but he insisted. He said he would need it. ” So it was. In 2011, after six years in the PSV quarry, Pereira takes a flight to Manchester and never returns. Signing with United de Ferguson, a legend from across the Channel, the man who greeted him in Portuguese when he arrived. “I thought how the hell I knew. It was just a detail, but it convinced me to choose United. ” Sir Alex went to see him up close in the Netherlands and then spoke of him like this: “Andreas is an incredible talent and he can become anything he wants, but he must want it”.

Paper

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Andreas is still there today, debuted at the age of 17 in the League Cup against MK Dons (2014) and last year he played 40 games (25 in the Premier League with one goal and three assists). Among a couple of transfers: 2016/17 in Granada (5 goals in 35 games, relegated by La Liga), the following year in Valencia (only one call in 25 games). Mourinho sent it. “If it had been for him I would have stayed, but I wanted to play.” Have space. There has always been a feeling between the two, for the Special Andreas is a “footballer with a lot of potential”, but “he should work better”. The summary of a career that could have offered you even more. Moment: Pereira is 24 years old, a career ahead and the possibility of going to Lazio to play the Champions League. At 18, however, it looked like he should carry football on his shoulders like Atlante.

Promise

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In 2013 he won the Copa de la Leche as the best player of the tournament (one of the most important at the youth level). In 2015, with Gabriel Jesus’ Brazil, he finished second in the U20 World Cup after being part of the youth team with Belgium. Question of the heart. “I have always felt Brazilian.” And the Seleçao made him debut in 2018 against El Salvador, writing history: more than one hundred years had passed that the green-gold team had not played a footballer born in another country. Pereira was needed, the boy who has three houses: “Belgium, Brazil and England”. And a loving dad, even anxious: “At the end of the game he calls me to ask me the reason for the games I play.” Attentive parents. Boy in your way, don’t panic. Only one in his life. In an interview, he called Van Dijk arrogant and Milner bored, then apologized. Fun fact: he has an Instagram profile with 2.4 million followers and no posts.

Abilities

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They say about Andreas. “He can play anywhere.” “He always wants the ball.” “It could become a star.” Everyone in Manchester thought so, especially Paul McGuinness, former coach of the Reds youth team. “He could do it all, I bet his talent.” Mourinho too. “When he was in Valencia he always wrote to me.” Word of Pereira, the boy of a thousand roles: in his career he played the offensive wheel, the mezzala, the winger and the second striker. Right foot, he scores little (only ten goals among professionals) but he has quality. In Lazio he could play behind Immobile or as a substitute for Luis Alberto, or maybe together in a change of form. Solskjaer gave him confidence: “For me it was huge, I owe him a lot.” Above all an award: his right-footed shot from 25 meters against Southampton was voted goal of the year by Reds fans in 2018/19 “Brazilian.” De Dinho and Juninho studied free throws, in his career he scored three times as a set kick and one as a corner kick against Tottenham U21 in the lower categories. “Pure instinct”.

Idols

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He’s inspired by Kakà, but that progression has never been one of his abilities. He defines himself as “a modern midfielder who loves to attack”. Translated: give him the trocar and it will be the extra weapon, a little less in defense. Inzaghi is tasked with transmitting it in a system of balance and schematics. After all, it’s in your style, risk, and personality. No comfort zone.