Ronaldo Vieira: Sampdoria sign Leeds United midfielder
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Sampdoria have signed Leeds United midfielder Ronaldo Vieira for an undisclosed fee on a five-year deal.
The 20-year-old England Under-21 international made 63 Championship appearances, scoring once.
He could make his competitive debut for the Serie A side against Fiorentina on Sunday, 19 August.
Vieira will be the fifth English player to play for the Italian club after Trevor Francis, David Platt, Des Walker and Lee Sharpe.
Meanwhile, Leeds have released midfielder Luke Murphy, 28.
The former Crewe man made 103 league appearances for the Whites and spent last season on loan at Burton Albion.
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I can see what his parents were thinking
Hope he does well in Italy, great attitude and was clearly very proud to wear the shirt.
All the best Ronny
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Leeds is in West Yorkshire.
And have you ever been to Genoa? It’s a sh**t hole that makes Hull look glamourous.
There's what's left of this transfer window, and the winter one for young British players to guarantee they can qualify to get visas for playing in EU countries after March next year
With free movement, both ways, restricted by March, new timed visas for guaranteed employment will need to be by applied for after that
Transfers in/out of EU will change
Anyway both 'Ronaldo' and 'Vieira' are both Portuguese names and he's from Guinea Bissau, so it isn't so strange after all.
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"good business presumably cover and depth since torreira left good for English players to do this"
Do you have a Sampdoria season ticket?
I've seen Leeds though and as a professional footballer, he' has chance to avoid living where he works, hopefully he grabs the chance.
My geography teacher (some time last century) would be calling me a disgrace to the Sheffield education system