FC Porto and Sp. Braga among clubs tracking Mozambique U17 captain | OneFootball

FC Porto and Sp. Braga are interested in Diego Pelembe, a 16-year-old Mozambican and captain of that country’s under-17 national team, which last Saturday secured a historic qualification for the World Cup in that age group, scheduled for November in Qatar. The information was reported by the Mozambican newspaper Desafio, which lists the two Portuguese clubs among a total of five teams keeping an eye on the attacking midfielder, in a list that also includes Liverpool, Club Brugge and Red Bull Bragantino.

Diego Pelembe, son of former international Elias Pelembe, known as Dominguez, is on the books of Associação Black Bulls, a Mozambican club with which FC Porto established a partnership at the start of the year, with a Dragon Force academy having opened at its facilities and been operating since February.

According to the Mozambican newspaper, the information is attributed to Dino Dulá, Black Bulls’ sporting director, who says that Liverpool have already expressed their intention to bring the youngster in for trials before moving forward with an offer, a scenario seen as less advantageous because it could weaken their negotiating position later on. The club’s football chief also added that Sp. Braga and Club Brugge are available to negotiate without the need for trials, and that FC Porto and Red Bull Bragantino had already been following the player before his participation in the Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations, held in Morocco.

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