Striker Sebastian Soto will strengthen FC Porto, he can move forward. More football. Soto is 20 years old, international to the United States and owned by Norwich. The dragons temporarily secured a loan and received the option of a ransom – Soto is valued at approximately one million euros.
The athlete will arrive this Wednesday at the Cidade Invicta, complete all formalities – physical and bureaucratic – and, if all goes well, sign a concession agreement valid for one season.
The striker was born in California, trained in Real Salt Lake City, and was signed by the Germans from Hanover in 2018. He started with juniors, made an impression on the management of the club and played in the first team several times. Sebastian Soto played three games in the Bundesliga and went to the U20 World Cup with great motivation.
This tournament attracted the attention of major European clubs: in the World Cup, he scored four goals in five games and was second only to Erling Haaland in the list of scorers.
Sebastian stayed in Hannover for another season, but he had problems with management: Hannover offered him a contract extension four times, the American rejected all offers and was eventually expelled from the working group.
The contract expired and Soto was hired by Norwich in 2020. He signed until 2024, but did not receive permission to work in England. Thus, he had to spend six months on loan from the Dutch from Telstar.
In the first half of the season, he scored seven goals and was called up to the top US team for the first time. His debut couldn’t have been better: On November 16, 2020, he played 13 minutes against Panama and scored two goals. He also played against El Salvador a few days later.
According to the information gathered, Sebastian Soto will preferably play in Team B, but he will regularly work with the main team and hopes that he will have the opportunity to impress Sergio Conceição. Start on Friday, July 2, the first day of the new season.
Sebastian Soto is 1.83 meters tall, weighs 75 kg, is physically strong and very cold in the area.
