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Real Betis to Sign Johnny Cardoso from Brazil’s Internacional Club

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Johnny Cardoso is headed to Spain…

The 22-year-old Brazilian American soccer play and United States men’s national team midfielder has agreed to a deal with Real Betis.

Johnny CardosoThe LaLiga side will pay an initial €6 million ($6.3m) to sign Cardoso from Brazilian club Internacional, according to ESPN Brasil.

As part of the deal, Internacional will earn 20% from any future transfer of the player.

Cardosa will leave Internacional at the end of the 2023 Brazilian season and sign a five-year contract with Real Betis, sources said.

Cardoso has scored two goals in 46 appearances in all competitions for Internacional this season.

He broke into Internacional’s first team in January 2020 and earlier this year extended his contract with the Porto Alegre-based club until December 2026.

Born in New Jersey to Brazilian parents, Cardoso opted to represent the United States and has made nine appearances for the senior national team (USMNT).

Although he failed to earn a place in coach Gregg Berhalter‘s squad for the 2022 World Cup, he featured in both of the USMNT‘s friendlies against Germany and Ghana earlier this month.

Real Betis, coached by Manuel Pellegrini, are ninth in LaLiga with three wins and two defeats in 10 games.

Flamengo Reportedly Looking to Hire Tite as Its Next Coach

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Adenor Leonardo Bacchi, commonly known as Tite, may be returning to sidelines…

The 62-year-old Brazilian professional football coach and former player is reportedly in the running to coach Brazil’s Flamengo following the firing of Jorge Sampaoli on Thursday, less than a week after the Argentinian missed his last attempt at winning a title at the club.

TiteSampaoli, a former Argentina, Sevilla and Marseille coach, took the job in Rio de Janeiro in April. His contract was due to expire at the end of 2024.

“The board thanks the professional [Sampaoli] and wishes him well in his career,” Flamengo said on its social media channels.

Sampaoli’s exit has cleared the path to move forward in hiring Tite, according to ESPN Brasil sources.

Flamengo executives had been talking with the former Brazil national team coach for the last several weeks and are trying to seal an agreement in the next few days, sources said.

Sampaoli has faced difficulty since he joined Flamengo, who on Sunday failed to defend their Brazilian Cup title after a 2-1 aggregate loss to São Paulo.

Weeks earlier Sampaoli’s team were knocked out by Paraguay‘s Olímpia in the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores, which Flamengo won last year.

Flamengo are currently in seventh place in the Brazilian championship after 24 matches. The team is trailing leaders and local Rio rivals Botafogo by 11 points.

Tite most recently the head coach of the Brazil national team from 2016 to 2022.