Gattuso urges Real Madrid to sign winger with 41 Benfica games | OneFootball

Nuno Tavares - who faced Milan - is being one of Lazio’s standout players at the start of this season, and Gennaro Gattuso is impressed. The coach of the Italian team had high praise for the Benfica academy product, saying he had what it takes to play for Real Madrid.

"I’ve always said that Nuno Tavares is a Real Madrid-level player. I told my assistant, ‘if Tavares’s family had left him 100 million euros, in five years he would have blown everything.’ That sums up his career. A player of his quality could have played 10 years at Real Madrid," he commented.

The former Italian defensive midfielder did not stop there. "He should be playing for Real Madrid. He has everything: speed, right foot, left foot. It’s rare, but after a match he needs time to recover. But he’s a good lad, you have to get it into his head and make him understand. He knows he has talent and could have spent 10 or 12 years at Real Madrid with his qualities. You just have to make him understand that," he concluded.

During his time at Benfica, Nuno Tavares made 25 appearances for the first team, spread across the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons, scoring one goal and providing four assists. In total, the full-back recorded 1,561 minutes for Benfica’s first team before moving to Arsenal.

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