Lyanco, a player who used to play for São Paulo, is making a move to a new team during this transfer window. He left Southampton in England and has been loaned to Al-Gharafa in Qatar.
The 26-year-old defender will be part of his new team for one season, and he’ll be the only Brazilian player on the squad. Lyanco still has a contract with the English team until the middle of 2025.
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في ساحة #الغرافة#ليانكو_غرفاوي 🟡🔵 pic.twitter.com/GgybHX1qOi— AL GHARAFA SC | نادي الغرافة (@ALGHARAFACLUB) August 29, 2023
Earlier, Lyanco was in discussions with Vasco at the start of the transfer window, but those talks didn’t progress. He was part of the Southampton team that got relegated from the Premier League and hadn’t played for them in the second division.
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Who is Lyanco?
Lyanco made his professional debut for São Paulo in 2015, and he was considered a promising player from the youth system. He was then sold to Torino in Italy two years later and played there for four seasons.
Since 2021, he has been with Southampton, where he sometimes sat on the bench and sometimes played in the starting lineup. During his time with the club in southern England, he played 49 matches, scored one goal, and provided two assists.
