The Portuguese star who broke the records of Ronaldo ready to join Juventus
Mirko Laurenti
Ruben Neves is a Portuguese wonder boy born in Porto’s academy. As reported on Tuttosport, at the age of 17 he becomes the youngest player to score in the Portuguese championship. He’s a very smart player, extremely technical and with a great shooting despite he plays as a midfielder. He makes his first appearance in Champions League when he is 17 so he’s already developed experience in the European stage. Thanks to his attorney Jorge Mendes, in the summer of 2017 he lands in the English Championship where he starts playing for Wolverhampton, a club that he brings to the promotion in Premier League. In 2015 he also debuts with Portugal. Even though he is not part of the European Championship winning team, he’s become the main player of the Portuguese midfield.
Ruben Neves, who could join Juventus thanks to the relations of the Italian club with Jorge Mendes, has already broken some records of Cristiano Ronaldo. He has made is debut with Sporting (the same club of CR7) on 15 August 2014 becoming, at the age of 17, the youngest Portoguese player to score a goal in the domestic league. Then he becomes the youngest Portoguese to debut in Champions League, at 17 years and 5 months old, and then the youngest captain in all the Champions League history.
