Johnny Cardoso has been linked with Betis again

The Real Betis has again been linked with the young Inter Porto Alegre midfielder Johnny Cardoso (21 years old), with a Brazilian and American passport -with which the senior team he played a few games-, facing a possible signing for the Verdiblanco club in the coming months.

According to journalist Tom Bogert, a correspondent for ‘The Guardian’ and ‘New York Sports’, among others, and a specialist in US soccer transfers, Real Betis is one of the clubs most interested in the services of Brazilian, born in New York. , also intended by Spezia, from the Italian Serie A, as confirmed by its president.

Cardoso’s full name is Joao Lucas de Souza Cardoso, although he wears the number ‘Johnny’ on his Team USA jersey. He was born in September 2001 in Denville, New Jersey, when his parents ran a china shop in the New York suburbs, although the family returned to Brazil a few months after the birth of the soccer player.

Johnny Cardoso plays for Internacional de Porto Alegre, where he was runner-up in the Brazilian League -behind Palmeiras- and since his debut at the age of 17 he has played a total of 95 games and scored 5 goals goal for Inter. And he was capped 4 times by the US national team, although he was ultimately left off the roster for the World Cup, despite being present in the call-ups for the US team’s final friendlies in September.

A defensive midfielder on arrival

Cardoso plays as a defensive midfielder, although in his youth he was a striker and had a good arrival. Betis would have noticed him -his name was already mentioned last summer- as a possible replacement for Guido Rodríguez, whose contract only lasts until 2024 -like Cardoso at Inter- and one of the players for whom the biggest capital got by the Verdiblanco team. achieve, having to balance its accounts with transfers.