Alan Varela follows in the footsteps of Enzo Fernández: Europe’s top clubs are looking for him and his days at Porto are numbered

They faced each other for the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 Arsenal and Porto. Despite fighting until the end, the Portuguese team fell from behind penalties 4 to 2 after tying the aggregate 1 to 1. In Dragoes The former Boca Juniors was the starter, Alan Varelabut I had to do it get injured when the match reached 90 minutes.

According to the journalist Fabrizio Romano The club’s scouts went to see the central midfielder top of Europe. Varela arrived at Porto in 2023 and did it 33 games where he scored two goals and gave two assists. In the First League from Portugal, the Argentine is very important for building the team’s play Brings.

To carry 1010 steps completed, had five shots on goal and suffered 11 fouls. Varela in defense he won 56 duels of 114, recovers the ball 90 opportunities and won in 14 innings.

This year he made his debut in UEFA Champions League, the Portuguese team was part of group H which shared with Barcelona, ​​​​Shakhtar Donetsk and Royal Antwerp. It was classified in second position with 12 points, the same score as the team Xavi.

The Isidro Casanova native has been a starter in all eight matches his club has played in European competition. He recovered the ball for his team 50 opportunities AND he won 21 of his 46 duelscomplete 328 of his 365 passes.

However, despite Porto’s great run in the Champions League, the dream of continuing to advance was over. Those directed by Sérgio Conceição they won the first leg in Portugal by 1 to 0 (Varela was chosen by UEFA as the most outstanding player of the match), but they lost at the Emirates with the same difference and the Artillerymen they forced the extension and then the sanctions where they won 4 to 2.

At the end of 90 minutes, Varela had to leave the field game due to injury. The former Boca player recovered a ball from the Norwegian Odegaard and when he gave the pass he threw himself on the ground and began to take the right again.

After completing his studies, Alan Varela He’s not hurt, he was just a electro-shock product of the intense Champions League series played by the former central midfielder of Boca Juniors. He had called the Porto player Javier Mascherano be part of Under 23 team.

The Premier is fighting for the Porto midfielder

As Enzo FernandezVarela’s time in Portuguese football has passed the days numbered. After a great season at Benfica, the former River player joined Chelsea in a transfer of 131 million euros.

Apparently now it’s the turn of the former Boca, two very important clubs in English football They have their eyes on the steering wheel emerged in Xeneize. The two teams fighting for him are Manchester City AND Liverpool.

THE Citizens They count on their ranks with Giuliano Alvarez and already bought Claudio little devil Everything is fine also from River. If he went to Manchester, Varela would have tough competition to earn a place in the team. Guardiola given that the holders of the midfield are Rodri AND Kovacic.

In case of going to Merseyside to defend the colors of Liverpoolthe midfielder will share the team with another former Boca player, Alexis MacAllister and the competition for the midfield would be less aggressive.

The reality is that the team that wants to sign the Porto midfielder will have to put the minimum on the table 70 million euros which corresponds to its termination clause. Whichever team Varela goes to, Boca will earn money because they have a 20% capital gain on a future sale.