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Johnny Cardoso refused to move to Tottenham.
Spain's Marca said on the 29th (Korea time) 'Atletico Madrid is in a clear position to accelerate the recruitment of Cardoso. Cardoso is Atletico's central midfielder's top target. Atletico respected Cardoso and Real Betis' focus on winning their first European competition. It's time to sign it,' he reported.
Midfielder Cardoso, born in 2001, plays for the United States, but has a unique history of growing up in Brazil. A native of Brazil's prestigious InterNacional Youth, he made his debut in the first division early on and secured a starting position.
Moving to Real Betis in Spain's La Liga through the winter transfer market in 2024, he began to attract the attention of European big clubs with impressive performances as a defensive midfielder. Tottenham is also one of the clubs that highly appreciated his potential. In fact, Tottenham secured priority to recruit Cardoso on the condition that Giovanni Lo Celso was sent to Betis at a relatively low transfer fee during the summer transfer market last year.
Cardoso has been a key player for Betis this season as well. In this summer's transfer market, Tottenham was expected to take a move to recruit Cardoso, of course, as they need to reinforce their central midfielders. However, Tottenham's plan is highly likely to fail because Cardoso does not want it.
Marca said 'Cardoso's wishes are what Atletico want to do. It's a quick agreement to be with Atletico for the next four or five seasons. Tottenham has priority negotiation rights for 25 million pounds (about 46.3 billion won) when Betis signs Lo Celso, but Cardoso has the final decision to make. With Cardoso's will, the right to preferential negotiations will be eliminated. Cardoso's choice is clear. He wants to move to Atletico, he said.
Tottenham won the Europa League (UEL) and secured a place in the European Champions League (UCL), but it was pushed back in the recruitment competition with Atletico. It is a disgrace. Tottenham secured Cardoso's priority negotiation rights by cutting Rossellso's transfer fee even a little, but they had priority negotiation rights because the player didn't want to, but even this was useless. It was an opportunity to bring a La Liga-quality midfielder at a low price, but Tottenham was forced to turn to another target.
For now, Tottenham are in talks to renew their contract with Rodrigo Bentancourt, with Yves Bissouma reportedly set to be cleared.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
