High speed for Toro: eyes on Eguinaldo
The Torino casting call is underway, but there's one player in a hurry. Certainly on the pitch, where he set an incredible speed of 37.5 km/h in a competitive match, and now also in negotiations to land him in Italy. Eguinaldo is the Brazilian starlet from Shakhtar Donetsk, whom the Granata want to sign as soon as possible to revitalize their wingers, so depleted yet so valuable in the 4-2-3-1 formation that Baroni is beginning to test at the Prato allo Stelvio training camp . The only player with a permanent contract extension, Alie Njie, is in Turin recovering from a muscle injury. While waiting to welcome back Belgian Cyril Ngonge, with whom Napoli has agreed a loan deal with the option to buy, the new Torino manager expects at least two more quality additions, and one of them could be the 20-year-old Eguinaldo.
A potential champion, skilled at dribbling and possessing lightning-fast speed, to the point of setting an incredible record while playing for Vasco da Gama: in October 2022, in fact, the data monitoring all players reported a top speed of 37.5 km/h in the 39th minute of the first half in the win against Novorizontino. This wasn't a flash in the pan, given that in the previous round he had reached 36.8 km/h against Operário, and he maintained this pace even while playing for Shakhtar, greatly impressing Torino observers who saw him in action against Atalanta and Bologna in the last Champions League.
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Eguinaldo has the speed of a sprinter, and few in the world can match that. Among the elite are champions like Mbappé and Nunez, capable of breaking the 38 km/h barrier, while the Serie A record belongs to Irishman Festy Ebosele, who reached 37.8 km/h in Milan-Udinese on November 4, 2023. The Brazilian winger's high speed, a right-footed player who prefers to play on the left and can play in multiple attacking roles, is combined with excellent technical ability and a certain eye for goal. He quickly became a key player at Shakhtar, scoring 10 goals and providing 10 assists in 57 games after being acquired in the summer of 2023 for €3.5 million . The Ukrainian club has always had a particular eye for young Brazilians: from Fernandinho to Willian, passing through Douglas Costa, Luiz Adriano and Fred, the list is long of talents discovered and resold for a fortune.
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Torino's first open-door training session was met with enthusiasm: two thousand fans at the Filadelfia stadium in Milan.
Next up will be Eguinaldo, who has already expressed his desire to play in Serie A. Bologna has been monitoring him for some time; he would be the replacement for Ndoye if the Swiss player were to leave, but Torino has made its own offer to Shakhtar, offering €10 million for the player's transfer fee and various bonuses. The investment fits the Torino parameters given his age and quality, also because it would go beyond the concept of a gamble. The 2004-born Brazilian has already made appearances in the Champions League (10 with one goal scored: against Porto in December 2023) and was part of the U20 Seleção squad: he has already accelerated rapidly . —
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