We can say that the preparation of its round of 16 in the Coupe de France was not the best for AS Monaco. Thursday evening, three days before the match against Quevilly-Rouen, the French media explained that Niko Kovac had been thanked by the Rocher club. To make matters worse, several players have contracted Covid-19 and will be absent this Sunday against Quevilly-Rouen (6.30 p.m.). But there is good news in the middle of it all.

While everyone is waiting for the official statement from the Principality club for the dismissal of the Croatian technician, AS Monaco did indeed publish a statement on Saturday, but to announce the transfer of Vanderson. As we announced exclusively at the start of the week, the Asémistes quickly reached an agreement with Grêmio (Brazilian Serie A) to recruit the young 20-year-old right-back. And all this was therefore formalized a few moments ago.

5 year contract

“AS Monaco is pleased to announce the arrival of Vanderson de Oliveira Campos,” said Vanderson, 20. The native of Rondonapolis has initialed a five-year contract in favor of the Monegasque club. Born on June 21, 2001, Vanderson joined the Grêmio Porto Alegre training center in 2018, where he first played with the U18s of the Tricolor club », explains the ASM on its website. The Rock club has normally spent 11 million euros to afford this Brazilian nugget, which has already impressed everyone on the other side of the Atlantic.

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For his first full season with the pros, Vanderson had a series of matches last year, he who for example played 30 matches in the Brazilian Championship for 3 goals and 2 assists. In total, the native of Rondonópolis 52 appearances in all competitions in 2021. Now player of AS Monaco, Brazilian will be able to show the full extent of his talent in France but also on the European, the qualified asemist formation qualified for the 8th Europa League final.