Angel Gomes has come a long way since leaving Old Trafford
Sebastian Perez has never forgotten what Angel Gomes did for him when they were at Boavista.“I remember one time we were talking and I told him I would like to have a Marcus Rashford shirt,” Perez tellsGomes, 20 at the time, had signed on a free transfer for Lille, but immediately went on a prearranged loan to Boavista to gain more first-team experience. And his generosity wasn’t the only thing that left an impression.
Mourinho particularly liked his football brain. Even in the teenage age groups he was considered by coaches a good listener, always engaged with and understood tactics, recognised team plans, his place in them, the various systems and their nuances. “Me and Angel always say football swings in pendulums. In three years we might go back to having traditional No 10s, or to have shorter players. It’s a game of intelligence more so than physicality – physicality only gets you so far.”
Fonseca held a meeting with Gomes and said he would be integral to his team, that he saw him in the middle, as a No 10 or part of the double-pivot – when two central midfielders play in front of the defence.Again, his football brain stood out for Fonseca who described him as “the most intelligent player I have in my team. He understands faster than the others everything about the game.”.
Recognising his potential, coaches made sure to show Gomes that England was the country for him, although he has always been minded to play for the country he was born in.
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